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Christomania

Christomania noun: a fanatical devotion to Jesus Christ.

Noun

Christomania (uncountable)

  1. A fanatical devotion to Jesus Christ.
    • Only minds completely crazed or fatally confused by the current Christomania would suppose that the details of the story, which is as old at least as the cult of Ptah in Memphis, were derived from the "historic" version […]1907, Gerald Massey, Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World, page 535
    • I have been accused of Christomania. But I am not mad, my noble friends; I speak only the words of truth and soberness.1912, Augustus Hopkins Strong, Miscellanies, volume 1, page 311

Origin of Christomania

From Christ + -o- + -mania.

Questions about Christomania

What does Christomania mean?
Christomania means a fanatical devotion to Jesus Christ.
What part of speech is Christomania?
Christomania is a noun.

Words near Christomania in the dictionary

  1. Christologies
  2. Christologist
  3. Christologists
  4. Christology
  5. christom
  6. Christomania
  7. Christomisia
  8. christoms
  9. Christon
  10. Christon Bank
  11. Christons

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