Christlike

[ krahyst-lahyk ]

adjective

1. like Christ; showing the spirit of Christ.

Christlike

/ ˈkraɪstˌlaɪk /

adjective

1. resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ

Derived Forms

• ˈChristˌlikeness, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Christlike¹

First recorded in 1670–80; Christ + -like

Example Sentences

The Matrix was a metaphor for many things—die-hards are still debating what, exactly, it all means—but like Superman and Harry Potter and many other popular heroes, Neo is a Christlike figure who must sacrifice himself for the greater good.

From Time

But he was not more Christlike than Wagner when he realised his soul in music; or than Shelley, when he realised his soul in song.

From Project Gutenberg

But it was a love which was willing to forego self to the utmost, and what love could be richer, more Christlike, than that?

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I called myself a Christian, but my conduct was utterly un-Christlike.

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We adore One who is Christlike love, and we will serve no other.

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And this amelioration of man's miseries is a great, and noble, and Christlike work.

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