Christianity

English

Etymology

• Respelling of Middle English cristente, from Old French crestiente, from Medieval Latin stem of christianitas, from Latin christianus
• c. 1590, from Latin Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Christianos), from Χριστός (Christos, “Christ, anointed one”) + -ιανός (-ianos, “of, related to”)
• Christian +‎ -ity

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌkrɪstiˈænɪti/
• (US) IPA: /ˌkrɪstʃiˈænɪti/, SAMPA: /%krIstSi"{nIti/

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Noun

Christianity (usually uncountable; plural Christianities)

1. A monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and various scholars who wrote the Christian Bible.

Hyponyms

• (religion based on teaching of Christ): Catholicism, Orthodoxy

Coordinate terms

• (religion based on teaching of Christ): animism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism

Derived terms

• muscular Christianity

Translations

monotheistic religion

Arabic: مسيحية (ar) (masiHíyya) f., نصرانية (ar) (naSraaníyya) f. Armenian: քրիստոնեություն (hy) (k’ristoneut’yun) Azeri: xristianlıq (az) Belarusian: хрысціянства (be) (xryscijánstva) n. Bosnian: hrišćanstvo (bs) n., kršćanstvo (bs) n. Bulgarian: християнство (bg) (hristijánstvo) n. Catalan: cristianisme m. Chinese: Mandarin: 基督教 (cmn) (Jīdūjiào) Crimean Tatar: hristianlıq Croatian: kršćanstvo (hr) n. Czech: křesťanství (cs) n. Dutch: christendom (nl) n. Estonian: ristiusk (et) Finnish: kristinusko (fi) French: christianisme (fr) m. Georgian: ქრისტიანობა (ka) (k’ristianoba) German: Christentum (de) n., (primitive) Urchristentum (de) n. Greek: χριστιανισμός (el) (christianismós) m. Hebrew: נצרות (he) (natsrut) f. Hindi: ईसाई धर्म (hi) (īsāī dharm), ईसाइयत (hi) (īsāiyat) Hungarian: kereszténység (hu) Icelandic: kristindómur (is) m., kristni (is) f. Indonesian: Kristen (id) Irish: Críostaíocht Italian: cristianità (it) f., cristianesimo (it) m. Japanese: キリスト教 (ja) (Kirisuto-kyō) Kazakh: христиандық (kk) Korean: 기독교 (ko) (Gidokgyo) Latin: Christianismus m., Christianitas (la) Latvian: kristietība (lv) f.

Lithuanian: Aukštaitian: krikščionybė (lt) f. Samogitian: krėkštiuonībė f. Luxembourgish: Chrëschtentum (lb) Macedonian: христијанство (mk) (hristijánstvo) n. Maltese: kristjaniżmu Norwegian: Bokmål: kristendom (nb) m. Nynorsk: kristendom (nn) m. Ossetian: чырыстонад Persian: مسیحیت (fa) (masihiyat) Polish: chrześcijaństwo (pl) n. Portuguese: cristianismo (pt) Romanian: creștinism (ro) n., creștinătate f. Russian: христианство (ru) (xristiánstvo) n. Scottish Gaelic: Crìosdaidheachd f. Serbian: Cyrillic: хришћанство n. Roman: hrišćanstvo n. Slovak: kresťanstvo (sk) n. Slovene: krščanstvo (sl) n. Spanish: cristianismo (es) m. Swahili: Ukristo (sw) Swedish: kristendom (sv) c. Tajik: Дини Насронӣ (tg) (dini hasronī) Turkish: Hristiyanlık (tr) Ukrainian: християнство (uk) (xrystyjánstvo) n. Urdu: عیسائی مذہب (ur) (īsāī maz'hab) m., عیسائیت (ur) ('īsāiyat) Uzbek: xristianlik (uz) Volapük: krit (vo), (primitive) rukrit (vo) West Frisian: Kristendom (fy)

See also

• Christianity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Appendix:Glossary of Christianity