Christ-like, a.
(ˈkraɪstlaɪk)
[f. Christ + like a.; a fresh formation from the same elements as OE. cristl{iacu}c: see Christly.]
Like Christ, or like that of Christ; exhibiting the spirit of Christ.
| 1680 Allen Peace & Unity 26 It would be far more Christ-like..to use more..tenderness towards the weak. a 1711 Ken Poet. Wks. 1721 I. 490 A Christ-like patience. Ibid. II. 5 The Christ-like Heroe, Martyr, Saint, and King. 1882 Farrar Early Chr. II. 500 The most Christ-like of God's saints. |
Hence Christlikeness, likeness to Christ.
| 1879 C. Rossetti Seek & Find 257 The Divine spirit, who even in the least and humblest of true Christians produces Christlikeness. 1884 J. Parker in Chr. World 15 May 363/2 Christlikeness of heart. |