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| 1. | The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ. | |
| 2. | Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion | |
| 3. | The body of Christian believers. |
| Noun | 1. | Christianity - 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 Synonyms: Christian religion |
| 2. | 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" Synonyms: Christendom |
CHRISTIANITY. The religion established by Jesus Christ.
2. Christianity has been judicially declared to be a part of the common
law of Pennsylvania; 11 Serg. & Rawle, 394; 5 Binn. R.555; of New York, 8
Johns. R. 291; of Connecticut, 2 Swift's System, 321; of Massachusetts,
Dane's Ab. vol. 7, c. 219, a. 2, 19. To write or speak contemptuously and
maliciously against it, is an indictable offence. Vide Cooper on the Law of
Libel, 59 and 114, et seq.; and generally, 1 Russ. on Cr. 217; 1 Hawk, c. 5;
1 Vent. 293; 3 Keb. 607; 1 Barn. & Cress. 26. S. C. 8 Eng. Com. Law R. 14;
Barnard. 162; Fitzgib. 66; Roscoe, Cr. Ev. 524; 2 Str. 834; 3 Barn. & Ald.
161; S. C. 5 Eng. Com. Law R. 249 Jeff. Rep. Appx. See 1 Cro. Jac. 421 Vent.
293; 3 Keb. 607; Cooke on Def. 74; 2 How. S. C. 11 ep. 127, 197 to 201.