antiˈchristianismn.
1. The system of Antichrist.
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RomeeOE
Babylon1530
popishness1531
popery?1536
popistry?1542
papistry1543
mass-monging1552
antichristianity1555
antichristianism1588
Babel1599
papacy1599
Romanism1603
poping1608
Babylonism1610
Catholicism1613
Romanality1637
catholicship1653
Romishness1653
Roman Catholicism1662
Roman Catholicity1806
catholicity1830
popism1841
old religion1934
1588 Marprel. Epist. (1843) 22 The former poynt of Antichristianisme.
1659 Milton Civil Power in Wks. (1851) 308 No less antichrist in this main point of antichristianism, no less a pope or popedom then he at Rome.
1701 R. Fleming Rise & Fall Rome Papal (1844) 36 When the reign of Antichristianism or the Papacy, began.
1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation 2 That..baneful and tedious night of popish superstition and antichristianism.
2. The quality of being opposed to Christianity; an antichristian act or belief.
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antichristianism1590
antichristianity1680
Christianophobia1878
Christophobia1885
1590 J. Greenwood Answere Giffords Def. 35 That the Church may professe Christianisme and Antichristianisme, both at a tyme.
1659 N. Hardy First Epist. John (1865) xlvii. 302/2 Yea, which is the worst kind of antichristianism, Pseudochristianism is the brand of our times.
1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. i. 2 Charg'd with so many Heresies, Errors, Schisms, and Antichristianisms.
1883 F. Cook in Word & Wk. 7 June 371/2 Corrupt Christendom possesses a large amount of the spirit of Antichristianism.
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