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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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CHRISTENDIE, n. The Christian world; Christendom. Poet. or arch. [′krɪ̢s(ə)n′di]Sc. 1904 Archie o Cawfield in Ballads (ed. Child) No. 188 B iv.:
A hundred men you cannot get, Nor yet sixteen in Christendie; For some of them will us betray, And other some will work for fee.Edb. 1880 Robert Louis Stevenson in Andrew Noble From the Clyde to California (1985) 13:
I have already been a visitor at the Club for a fortnight; but that's over, and I don't much care to renew the period. I want to be married, not belong to all the Clubs in Christendie ...Ayr. 1790 Burns Willie Brew'd a Peck o' Maut (Cent. ed.) ii.:
Three blyther hearts that lee-lang night Ye wad na found in Christendie.