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Christlike
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English
Etymology
From en Christ like.
Adjective
Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
en Jesuslike
en 1896 The Methodist review Spiritual Development of St. Paul James S. Kennedy http://books.google.com/books?id=YTAuAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage#PPA66,M1 66 Paul's faith was at this crisis in his spiritual illumination more Abrahamic than Christlike in its character.
en 25 Dec 88 16 24 Gay Community News 12 G. Steven Rose A Brave And Charming Diplomat I always wanted him to get angrier, sharper. He was too Christlike — too decent (and I am convinced he was sincere) to convey the horror, to get across just how ugly it is on the inside of life with AIDS.
Usage notes
GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name. However, Christlike and Christ-like are about equally common.Christlike, Christ-like
Derived terms
en Christlikeness unchristlike
Related terms
en Christian
Translations
Dutch: nl christusachtig
References
Anagrams
en cehiiklrst shitlicker