Christlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Christ +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

Christlike (comparative more Christlike, superlative most Christlike)

  1. Characteristic of Jesus Christ or his works.
    Synonym: Jesuslike
    • 1896, James S. Kennedy, “Spiritual Development of St. Paul”, in The Methodist review‎[1], page 66:
      Paul's faith was at this crisis in his spiritual illumination more Abrahamic than Christlike in its character.

Usage notes[edit]

  • GPO manual recommends using a hyphen with words ending in -like when the first element is a proper name.[1] However, Christlike and Christ-like are about equally common.[2]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
  2. ^ Christlike, Christ-like at Google Ngram Viewer

Anagrams[edit]

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