Christismn.
/ˈkrɪstɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈkrɪstˌɪzəm/ The Christian religion; Christianity.Frequently contrasted with other nouns referring to religions, such as Judaism, Hinduism, etc.In quot. 1842: a particular kind of Christianity.
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gospelc950
the WayOE
ChristendomOE
crossc1325
the faithc1384
Christianitya1400
Christenhoodc1443
Christ's professionc1475
Christianism1554
Xtianity1634
Christism1842
1842 Dial Oct. 231 A course of six lectures on the subject of Christism as distinct from Christianity.
1847 R. W. Emerson Uses Great Men in Wks. (1906) I. 274 Our colossal theologies of Judaism, Christism, Buddhism, Mahometism.
1924 Bull. School Oriental Stud. 3 346 A shifting, too, without any change in the 'ism—Buddhism, Christism (or Christianity), Muhammedanism—which serves to denote both church-influence and culture.
1992 Financial Times 23 May (Weekend FT) p. xviii Who believes in Britain?, a series not political but religious..is to examine the condition of six religions current in Britain—Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. It rightly begins with Christism, as we should call it consistently.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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