Talk:Christendom
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Etymology
[edit]Any ideas on what this would be? I am confused at the 'Christen' as opposed to the more common 'Christian'. The latter part makes me think 'Kingdom' might be related based on the origins? Ty 14:15, 3 March 2010 (UTC)
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- (obsolete) The state of being a Christian. [9th–17th c.]
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “lxiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X:
- And also sire Palomydes auowed neuer to take ful crystendome vnto the tyme that he had done seuen batails within the lystys
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Removed / moved to Middle English by Astova. J3133 (talk) 21:06, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
- Should be easily citable from this. This, that and the other (talk) 07:56, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
- Cited; the existence of sense 3 made this more difficult than you predicted. To confound things further, Christendom can apparently also mean "baptism"; that sense could probably be cited if anyone wants to invest the effort. Hazarasp (parlement · werkis) 12:43, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
RFV-passed This, that and the other (talk) 09:32, 1 March 2022 (UTC)