Lamb of God

American  

noun

1. Christ.

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Lamb of God British  

noun

1. a title given to Christ in the New Testament, probably with reference to his sacrificial death

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Lamb of God Cultural  

1. A Christian term for Jesus, first used in the Gospel of John. It carries out the image of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus as a new Passover (see also Passover): a lamb was killed for the Jewish Passover, and Jesus himself, in the sacrifice of his death and Resurrection, is the lamb for the new Passover.

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Etymology

Origin of Lamb of God

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

To my knowledge, no one in lamb of god had assaulted an audience member that night or any other.

From Salon • Jul. 19, 2015

It is the machine of man, not a lamb of god, to which we may hopefully look for the taking away of the sins of the world.

From Communism and Christianism Analyzed and Contrasted from the Marxian and Darwinian Points of View by Brown, William Montgomery