Christly, a.
(ˈkraɪstlɪ)
[f. Christ + -ly1. OE. had cristl{iacu}c of Christ, Christian, which would have given christly, but there is no trace of its survival in ME., and the modern word is formed anew after godly, manly, kingly, etc.]
1. Of, pertaining to, or relating to, Christ. rare.
| a 1000 Laws of Ethelbert vi. 11 (Bosw.) Þaet æȝhwilc cristen man cristlice laᵹe rihtlice healde. 1858 Bushnell Nat. & Supernat. (1862) Pref., Supernatural redemption..and a Christly providence. |
2. Christ-like, like the ideal Christ.
| 1881 Fairbairn Stud. Life Christ xii. 240 It is in His last sorrows that Christ seems most Christly. 1884 Chr. Commonw. 24 Jan. 348/1 The up-building of Christly character. |