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christianity | jewish |

As a noun christianity

is an abrahamic religion based on the teachings of jesus christ and various scholars who wrote the christian bible.

As an adjective jewish is

being a jew, or relating to jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.

As a proper noun jewish is

(informal|dated) the yiddish language.

christianity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An Abrahamic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and various scholars who wrote the Christian Bible.
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  • * 2002 , The Atlas of Great Jewish Communities: A Voyage Through History , page 27:
  • As a result, Christianity developed as a separate religion from Judaism.
  • Christendom
  • Hypernyms

    * religion, monotheism, Abrahamism

    Synonyms

    * Christianism

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Derived terms

    * muscular Christianity

    See also

    * Christian * (wikipedia) * English eponyms

    jewish

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being a Jew, or relating to Jews, their ethnicity, religion or culture.
  • Yiddish
  • Synonyms

    * Israelite

    Antonyms

    * Gentile

    Derived terms

    * Jewishly * Jewishness * Jewish calendar * Jewish lightning * Jewish piano * ex-Jewish

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (informal, dated) The Yiddish language.
  • See also

    * Hebrew * Israeli * Evrite, Ivrite