Word Meanings - CHRISTLIKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.

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• CHARACTERISTIC
  Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
• CHRISTIAN
  1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first
• CHARACTER
  1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting;
• CHRISTEN
  1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time.
• CHRISTIAN ERA
  The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus , who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754,
• CHARACTERISM
  A distinction of character; a characteristic. Bp. Hall.
• CHRISTLY
  Christlike. H. Bushnell.
• CHRISTIANITE
  Same as Anorthite. See Phillipsite.
• CHRISTENDOM
  1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. Shak. 2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak. 3. That portion
• CHRISTMASTIDE
  The season of Christmas.
• CHRIST
  The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
• CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM
  Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others
• CHRISTLIKE
  Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.
• CHRISTIANIZATION
  The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.
• RESEMBLINGLY
  So as to resemble; with resemblance or likeness.
• CHRISTOLOGY
  A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.
• CHRISTLESS
  Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.
• CHRISTMAS
  An annual church festival and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. A box in which presents are
• RESEMBLANT
  Having or exhibiting resemblance; resembling. Gower.
• CHARACTERIZE
  1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot. 2. To engrave or imprint. Sir M. Hale. 3. To indicate the
• ANTICHRISTIANISM; ANTICHRISTIANITY
  Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
• MISCHARACTERIZE
  To characterize falsely or erroneously; to give a wrong character to. They totally mischaracterize the action. Eton.
• UNCHRISTIAN
  1. Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel. 2. Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
• NEO-CHRISTIANITY
  Rationalism.
• UNCHRISTIANLY
  Unchristian. Milton.
• ANTICHRISTIAN
  Opposed to the Christian religion.
• DECHRISTIANIZE
  To turn from, or divest of, Christianity.