Christianity

Meanings

1. An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
2. Protestantism (in contrast to Catholicism)

1. Christendom, the Christian world

1. Obsolete form of Christianity.

Etymology

From Middle English Cristiente, Cristente, borrowed from Old French crestienté, from Medieval Latin stem of Chrīstiānitās, from Latin christianus, Christianus, from Ancient Greek Χριστιανός (Khristianós), from Χριστός (Khristós, “Christ, anointed one”) + Latin -anus (“suffix for of, related to”) + one more suffix borrowed from Latin "ity" makes the final Christian + -ity. The term was respelled in the early modern English period to more closely reflect its Latin etymon.