antemurale Christianitatis

== Latin == === Etymology === antemūrāle (“protecting wall, bulwark”) + Christiānitātis (“of Christianity”) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [an.tɛ.muːˈraː.ɫɛ kʰrɪs.ti.aː.nɪˈtaː.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [an.te.muˈraː.le kris.ti.a.niˈtaː.tis] === Noun === antemūrāle Christiānitātis n (genitive antemūrālis Christiānitātis); third declension (Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) A label used for a country defending the frontiers of Christian Europe from the Ottoman Empire ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem) with an indeclinable portion.