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christianity | pauline |

As a noun Christianity

is an Abrahamic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and various scholars who wrote the Christian Bible.

As a proper noun Pauline is

{{given name|female|from=Latin}}.

As an adjective Pauline is

of or relating to the Apostle Paul, his writings, his doctrines, and the form of Christianity that arose from them.

christianity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An Abrahamic religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and various scholars who wrote the Christian Bible.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers), title=(A Cuckoo in the Nest)
    • , chapter=4 citation , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity . Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.}}
  • * 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

    pauline

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) , in turn from (etyl) Paulina; in regular use since the nineteenth century.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • .
  • * 1987 Betty Keller, Pauline: A Biography of Pauline Johnson , Formac Publ. Co. (1989), ISBN 088780151X, page 19:
    • The youngest child of George and Emily Johnson was named Emily after her mother, and Pauline' in honor of the only sibling of Emperor Napoleon of France, whose life was the object of George Johnson's consuming interest. - - - To make his point clearer, however, he always called her ' Pauline , reducing her first name to a preliminary initial. Her friends and siblings called her Paul or Polly.
    Related terms
    * Paula * Paulina * Paul (male equivalent)

    Etymology 2

    From (Paul) + (-ine).

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to the Apostle , his writings, his doctrines, and the form of Christianity that arose from them.
    • Derived terms
    * Pauline conversion English heteronyms ----