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# christendom

«christendom» in Mova's school dictionary: **All the Christian people and Christian countries of the…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Christendom, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (history, church) All the Christian people and Christian countries of the world, thought of together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#m1)

2) (old) The parts of the world where Christianity was the main religion, especially Europe in the Middle Ages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and religion lessons: in the Middle Ages Europeans often thought of themselves as "Christendom", led by kings and the Church. In old stories "the finest in all Christendom" means the finest anywhere.

### examples

- In the Middle Ages, most of Europe was called Christendom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#x1)
- The king wanted to be the richest ruler in Christendom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#x2)
- Pilgrims came from all over Christendom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#x3)
- It was the finest castle in all Christendom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#x4)
- Christians believe they are one family across Christendom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#x5)
- The crusades were wars between Christendom and Muslim lands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#x6)
- You cannot be pope; there is only one pope in Christendom, and he cannot make you that.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/#x7)

### note

Usually written with a capital C. Uncountable: no plural. Say: KRIS-en-dum (the t is silent). An old, grand word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «christendom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/christendom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.