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The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.

Rationalism.

Deserving to be adored; worthy of divine honors. The adorable Author of Christianity. Cheyne.

A senior; an elder; a predecessor. [Obs.] Junius and Andronicus . . . in Christianity . . . were his ancients. Hooker.

que; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate. Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one. Sir M. Hale.

defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.

, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity. It is not my intention to make an apology for my poem; some will think it needs no excuse, and others will receive none. Dryden.

ciples, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.

le granted by the pope to the kings of Hungary on account of the extensive propagation of Christianity by St. Stephen, the founder of the royal line. It is now a title of the emperor of Austria in right of the throne of Hungary. -- Apostolic see, a see founded and governed by an apostle; specifically, the Church of Ro…

A church building of the earlier centuries of Christianity, the plan of which was taken from the basilica of the Romans. The name is still applied to some churches by way of honorary distinction.

ming acts of kindness and charity; characterized by beneficence. The beneficent fruits of Christianity. Prescott.

principal. A capital article in religion Atterbury. Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity. I. Taylor.

One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

ay; as, to hold an enemy in check. Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. Addison. No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. Wordsworth.

That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands. The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. Milton A wide and still widening Christendom. Coleridge.

The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.

To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.

Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] Hammond.

f or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.