christianity   (TTS Sound)

The noun christianity has 2 senses

• Christianity, Christian religion -- (a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior)


• Christendom, Christianity -- (the collective body of Christians throughout the world and history (found predominantly in Europe and the Americas and Australia); "for a thousand years the Roman Catholic Church was the principal church of Christendom")