Christlike

[ krahyst-lahyk ]

/ ˈkraɪstˌlaɪk /

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adjective

like Christ; showing the spirit of Christ.

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Origin of Christlike

First recorded in 1670–80; Christ + -like

Words nearby Christlike

Christina, Christine, Christine de Pisan, Christingle, Christless, Christlike, Christly, Christmas, Christmas beetle, Christmasberry, Christmas box

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How to use Christlike in a sentence

The Matrix was a metaphor for many things—die-hards are still debating what, exactly, it all means—but like Superman and Harry Potter and many other popular heroes, Neo is a Christlike figure who must sacrifice himself for the greater good.
How The Matrix Resurrections Trailer Evokes the Franchise's First Movie in Mysterious Ways|Eliana Dockterman|September 9, 2021|Time
But he was not more Christlike than Wagner when he realised his soul in music; or than Shelley, when he realised his soul in song.
The Soul of Man|Oscar Wilde
But it was a love which was willing to forego self to the utmost, and what love could be richer, more Christlike, than that?
The Little Missis|Charlotte Skinner
I called myself a Christian, but my conduct was utterly un-Christlike.
Niece Catherine|Mary Hampden

We adore One who is Christlike love, and we will serve no other.
Some Christian Convictions|Henry Sloane Coffin
And this amelioration of man's miseries is a great, and noble, and Christlike work.
The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar|Various

British Dictionary definitions for Christlike

Christlike

/ (ˈkraɪstˌlaɪk) /

adjective

resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ

Derived forms of Christlike

Christlikeness, noun

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