Christianity

== English == === Alternative forms === christianity (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English Cristiente, Cristente, borrowed from Old French crestienté, from Medieval Latin stem of Chrīstiānitās, from Latin christianus, Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, anointed one”) + Latin -anus (“suffix for of, related to”) + one more suffix borrowed from Latin "ity" makes the final Christian +‎ -ity. The term was respelled in the early modern English period to more closely reflect its Latin etymon. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌkɹɪstiˈænɪti/ (US) IPA(key): /ˌkɹɪst͡ʃiˈænɪti/ === Proper noun === Christianity (usually uncountable, plural Christianities) An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ. (Hong Kong, Philippines) Protestantism (in contrast to Catholicism) ==== Synonyms ==== Christianism (uncommon) ==== Hypernyms ==== religion, monotheism, Abrahamism ==== Coordinate terms ==== (subdivisions): Roman Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Protestantism, Lutheranism, Anglicanism, Methodism ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Christianity Christendom, the Christian world ==== Translations ==== === See also === Christian Christianity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Appendix:Glossary of Christianity