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Christhood

American  
[krahyst-hood] / ˈkraɪst hʊd /

noun

  1. the condition of being a Christ.


Christhood British  
/ ˈkraɪsthʊd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Christhood

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

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His moral earnestness is a mark of his Christhood and his work a part of the Atonement.

From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)

The Christhood means not the body of Jesus but the perfection of divine virtues manifest in Him.

From The Promulgation of Universal Peace by `Abdu'l-Bahá

From childhood to manhood through Christhood to Godhood is a progression that Noyes sees clearly and makes us see as clearly.

From Giant Hours with Poet Preachers by Stidger, William L. (William Le Roy)

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

From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)

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

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