Associations to the word «Christendom»

Wiktionary

CHRISTENDOM, noun. The Christian world. [from 14thc.]
CHRISTENDOM, noun. (obsolete) The state of being a Christian. [9th-17thc.]
CHRISTENDOM, noun. (obsolete) The name received at baptism; any name or appellation.

Dictionary definition

CHRISTENDOM, noun. The collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom".

Wise words

The chief difference between words and deeds is that words are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds can be done only for God.
Leo Tolstoy