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Christhood

[ krahyst-hood ]

noun

  1. the condition of being a Christ.


Christhood

/ ˈkraɪsthʊd /

noun

  1. the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Christhood1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; Christ, -hood
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Example Sentences

His Christhood was thought of as something in the future, not yet realized.

There is, however, a caustic rebuke of Peter for his carnal, Jewish idea of the implications of Christhood.

We think of the Christhood of Jesus, of the Christliness of such love as this.

And yet again, consider how immediately the doctrine of His suffering follows upon the confession of His Christhood, and judge whether the crucifixion was merely a painful incident, the sad close of a noble life and a pure ministry, or in itself a necessary and cardinal event, fraught with transcendent issues.

Epiphanius says this was a heathen rite, but it rather resembles some Basilidian or Gnostic commemoration of the spiritual birth of the Divine life in Jesus of the Christhood, from the older creation the Ecclesia.

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