Christendom: Definition and part of speech

Christendom

n. The whole body of Christians.
n. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it.
n. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation.
n. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

a. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.
n. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.
n. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.
n. One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites.
n. One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice.
a. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.
a. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court.

n. The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce.

n. A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

n. The body of Christian believers.
n. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.
n. Practical conformity of one’s inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion

n. The same as Chrisom.
n. Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.