Christhood
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Christhood
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at Christ, -hood
Example Sentences
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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
He received the Grace of the Alone-begotten—that is to say, His Christhood or His Perfecting.
From The Gnôsis of the Light by Lamplugh, F.
We think of the Christhood of Jesus, of the Christliness of such love as this.
From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.
Tell me, thou Planter of Christhood and Islam; tell me, thou seed-bearing Israel!
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
His Christhood was thought of as something in the future, not yet realized.
From The Making of the New Testament by Bacon, Benjamin Wisner
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