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Christianism|ˈkrɪstjənɪz(ə)m|
[a. F. christianisme, or its original, L. christiānism-us, a. Gr. χριστιανισµ-ός Christianity.]
1. The Christian religious system; Christianity. Obs. (exc. as a nonce-wd., when christianity is classed with other -isms.)
1576J. Woolton Chr. Manual (1851) 93 The godly make no difference of meats in respect to Salvation: for they know..that Christianism consisteth not therein. 1590Greenwood Answ. Def. Read Prayers 35 The Church may professe Christianisme and Antichristianisme, both at a tyme. 1649Milton Eikon. i, Herein the worst of Kings, professing Christianism, have..exceeded him. 1677Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iii. 73 Converted from Judaisme to Christianisme. 1685Boyle Enq. Notion Nat. 352 Philosophers, who preceded Christianism. 1801–15Fuseli Lect. Art. xii. (1848) 552 That Christianism was inimical to the progress of arts. 1840Carlyle Heroes i, We inquire..What religion they had? Was it Heathenism?.. Was it Christianism?
2. In a depreciatory or contemptuous sense: A Christianity of a sort or form.
1674R. Godfrey Inj. & Ab. Physic 178 The Heathenish Christianism, and deceit of the Doctors. 1855I. Taylor Restor. Belief 247 The easy, overweening, and egotistic Christianism of Christian people. 1875Contemp. Rev. XXVI. 987 Poor, thin, maundering—we were going to call it chlorotic Christianism. 1883W. H. Wynn in Homil. Monthly Aug. 618 Christianism—if I may invent that term—is but making a sun-picture of the love of God. |