Christianlike

American  

[kris-chuhn-lahyk] / ˈkrɪs tʃənˌlaɪk /

adjective

1. like or befitting a Christian.

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Etymology

Origin of Christianlike

First recorded in 1565–75; Christian + -like

Example Sentences

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Christianlike

This spirit may not be very Christianlike, but it is very human and practical, and helps to win battles, and to win battles is the only reason why soldiers go to war.

From Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition by James A. (James Alfred) Moss

Thank you a thousand times, my dear Money, for your wise and Christianlike advice.

From The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

I shall always hate him," she told herself, meaning Captain Winstanley; "but I will begin a career of Christianlike hypocrisy, and try to make other people believe that I like him.

From Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Sixth: We realize here with what caution and moderation the entry must be made, as the king has provided fully, clearly, and in a Christianlike manner in his ordinances which relate to incursions and discoveries.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by James Alexander Robertson

And kindly invent him more Christianlike shapes For his feather-bed neckcloths and pillory capes.

From The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes by William Michael Rossetti