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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

キリストのような

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kirisuto no yō na

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Christlike/ˈkraɪst.laɪk/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"彼女のキリストのような慈悲深さに人々は救われた。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Exhibiting qualities, virtues, or behavior traditionally associated with Jesus Christ, such as deep compassion, humility, and selflessness.

    "Her christlike patience and unwavering kindness touched everyone in the community."
  2. 2

    Resembling or characteristic of Christ in appearance, suffering, or mission.

    "He bore his immense burdens with a quiet, almost christlike grace."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the proper noun 'Christ', originating from the Greek 'Christos' (meaning 'the anointed one'), combined with the Old English suffix '-līc' (meaning 'like' or 'having the form of'). The term emerged in Middle English and religious discourse to denote qualities, behaviors, or attitudes characteristic of Jesus Christ.

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