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Christianity 音标拼音: [kr ,ɪstʃi'ænɪti] n. 基督教,基督教精神 基督教,基督教精神 Christianity n 1: a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior [ synonym: { Christianity}, { Christian religion}] 2: 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" [ synonym: { Christendom}, { Christianity}] Christianity \ Chris* tian" i* ty\, n. [ OE. cristiente, OF. cristient[' e], F. chr[' e] tient[' e], fr. L. christianitas. ] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Practical conformity of one' s inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion [ 1913 Webster] 3. The body of Christian believers. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] To Walys fled the christianitee Of olde Britons. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 35 Moby Thesaurus words for " Christianity": Christendom, Christianism, Christlikeness, Christliness, Judeo- Christian religion, Orthodox Christianity, Protestant Christianity, angelicalness, beauty of holiness, fear of God, godlikeness, godliness, godly- mindedness, goodness, heavenliness, heavenly- mindedness, holiness, holy- mindedness, odor of sanctity, otherworldliness, pureness, pureness of heart, purity, righteousness, sainthood, saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, sanctitude, sanctity, seraphicalness, spiritual- mindedness, spirituality, unearthliness, unworldlinessCHRISTIANITY. The religion established by Jesus Christ. 2. Christianity has been judicially declared to be a part of the common law of Pennsylvania; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 394; 5 Binn. R. 555; of New York, 8 Johns. R. 291; of Connecticut, 2 Swift' s System, 321; of Massachusetts, Dane' s Ab. vol. 7, c. 219, a. 2, 19. To write or speak contemptuously and maliciously against it, is an indictable offence. Vide Cooper on the Law of Libel, 59 and 114, et seq.; and generally, 1 Russ. on Cr. 217; 1 Hawk, c. 5; 1 Vent. 293; 3 Keb. 607; 1 Barn. & Cress. 26. S. C. 8 Eng. Com. Law R. 14; Barnard. 162; Fitzgib. 66; Roscoe, Cr. Ev. 524; 2 Str. 834; 3 Barn. & Ald. 161; S. C. 5 Eng. Com. Law R. 249 Jeff. Rep. Appx. See 1 Cro. Jac. 421 Vent. 293; 3 Keb. 607; Cooke on Def. 74; 2 How. S. C. 11 ep. 127, 197 to 201.
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