Christhood

American

[krahyst-hood] / ˈkraɪst hʊd /

noun

the condition of being a Christ.

Christhood British

/ ˈkraɪsthʊd /

noun

the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God

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Etymology

Origin of Christhood

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; Christ, -hood

Example Sentences

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His Christhood was thought of as something in the future, not yet realized.

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We think of the Christhood of Jesus, of the Christliness of such love as this.

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Epiphanius says this was a heathen rite, but it rather resembles some Basilidian or Gnostic commemoration of the spiritual birth of the Divine life in Jesus of the Christhood, from the older creation the Ecclesia.

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He received the Grace of the Alone-begotten—that is to say, His Christhood or His Perfecting.

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Faith in Jesus is faith in the Atonement and faith in our own Christhood.

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