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Christlike

American  
[krahyst-lahyk] / ˈkraɪstˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. like Christ; showing the spirit of Christ.


Christlike British  
/ ˈkraɪstˌlaɪk /

adjective

  1. resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ

"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

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Origin of Christlike

First recorded in 1670–80; Christ + -like

Example Sentences

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His work, which ranges from poster-like photographic prints of lone sports stars to Christlike wood carvings of a shirtless Justin Bieber, resides in collections at the Museum of Modern Art and the Tate, among others.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024

He adopts a Christlike pose, arms spread, palms forward, and those gathered around him leap to their feet, fists thrust at the sky.

From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2022

By never specifying what surprises Alyosha, Tolstoy makes Saunders’ interpretation of the story available without denying the more Tolstoyan endorsement of Christlike meekness.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2021

An island convict, his girlfriend and other lost souls escape in a sailboat with a Christlike man.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2019

The things we have been living for on this side will only profit us in so far as they have gone to the building up of a Christlike character.

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

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