a. [f. CHRIST + LIKE a.; a fresh formation from the same elements as OE. cristlíc: see CHRISTLY.] Like Christ, or like that of Christ; exhibiting the spirit of Christ.

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1672.  W. Allen, Peace & Unity, 26. It would be far more Christ-like … to use more care, pains, and tenderness towards the weak and feeble, [etc.].

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a. 1711.  Ken, Poet. Wks., 1721, I. 490. A Christ-like patience. Ibid., II. 5. The Christ-like Heroe, Martyr, Saint, and King.

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1882.  Farrar, Early Chr., II. 500. The most Christlike of God’s saints.

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  Hence Christlikeness, likeness to Christ.

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1879.  Chr. Rossetti, Seek & F., 257. The … Divine spirit, who even in the least and humblest of true Christians produces Christ-likeness.

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1884.  J. Parker, in Chr. World, 15 May, 363/2. Christlikeness of heart.

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