noun · academic
Christendom
/ˈkrɪstəndəm/CHRIS·ten·dom
Band 5-6task2speaking
the collective world or community of Christian peoples or countries
Examples
“Medieval trade routes connected much of Christendom.”
“Debates about Christendom often concern identity and power.”
“Christendom in that period was politically fragmented but culturally linked.”
Band 8 sentence
“Contemporary historians argue that Christendom should be studied as a network of cultural exchange rather than a single political entity.”
Collocations
- medieval Christendom
- unity of Christendom
- within Christendom
Word family
Christendom noun
Common mistakes
Christianity→Christendom
the Christians→Christendom
Say it for a higher band
5religion→6the Christian world→7+Christendom
Synonyms
the Christian world
Easily confused
Christianity
“Christianity has many different denominations around the world.”
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