Christlike
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
Christlike (comparative more Christlike, superlative most Christlike)
- 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]
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
- ^ Christlike, Christ-like at Google Ngram Viewer