Christhood
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Christhood
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at Christ, -hood
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
His Christhood was thought of as something in the future, not yet realized.
From The Making of the New Testament by Benjamin Wisner Bacon
He received the Grace of the Alone-begotten—that is to say, His Christhood or His Perfecting.
From The Gnôsis of the Light by F. Lamplugh
His moral earnestness is a mark of his Christhood and his work a part of the Atonement.
From The New Theology by R. J. (Reginald John) Campbell
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.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Faith in Jesus is faith in the Atonement and faith in our own Christhood.
From The New Theology by R. J. (Reginald John) Campbell
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
