Obs. rare. [An attempted refashioning of CHRISTENDOM after Christian.]
1. Christianity; = CHRISTENDOM 1.
1585. Abp. Sandys, Serm., vii. ¶ 10. 111. That it is good Christiandome to lie, sweare, & forsweare.
2. = CHRISTENDOM 3.
a. 1670. Hacket, Abp. Williams, I. (1692), 142. In the Face of all Christiandom.
1762–71. H. Walpole, Vertue’s Anecd. Paint. (1786), V. 62. The Revels of Christiandom.
