Christendom
noun
Chris·ten·dom
ˈkri-sᵊn-dəm 
2
: the part of the world in which Christianity prevails
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What made the occasion controversial, indeed historic, was the Church's acceptance of Gene Robinson as the first openly-gay bishop in all of Christendom.
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Ted Koppel, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
The Bible and Apocrypha are full of stories of those tempted by Satan’s natural world to leave behind Christendom.
—Lorraine Berry, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
For the Vatican and much of medieval Christendom, the realms of the Mongols were a source of fascination.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
In the 1978 book The Tartar Khan’s Englishman, Gabriel Ronay suggests he was executed as a traitor to Christendom.
—Nicholas Morton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
Well aware that King Sobieski and his army of Polish hussars had saved both Europe and Christendom, the pope awarded the painter the title Knight Commander with Star of the Order of Pius IX.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
—Annie Lane, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2022
Suleyman the Magnificent had his hand on Christendom’s throat.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
Megan Fox is the greatest threat to Christendom since someone made a mediocre adaptation of a fantasy book.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2022
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Ted Koppel, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024
The Bible and Apocrypha are full of stories of those tempted by Satan’s natural world to leave behind Christendom.
—Lorraine Berry, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
For the Vatican and much of medieval Christendom, the realms of the Mongols were a source of fascination.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
In the 1978 book The Tartar Khan’s Englishman, Gabriel Ronay suggests he was executed as a traitor to Christendom.
—Nicholas Morton, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2023
Well aware that King Sobieski and his army of Polish hussars had saved both Europe and Christendom, the pope awarded the painter the title Knight Commander with Star of the Order of Pius IX.
—Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 17 June 2023
And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
—Annie Lane, cleveland, 25 Dec. 2022
Suleyman the Magnificent had his hand on Christendom’s throat.
—Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 9 Dec. 2022
Megan Fox is the greatest threat to Christendom since someone made a mediocre adaptation of a fantasy book.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2022
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Christendom
noun
Chris·ten·dom
ˈkris-ᵊn-dəm
1
: the entire body of Christians
2
: the part of the world where Christianity is most common
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