Talk:Christendom

Etymology

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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Christendom

• (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)