Obs. nonce-wd. [f. CHRIST + -LING, dim. suffix.] A petty Christ; a representative or vicegerent of Christ.
a. 1638. Mede, Wks., III. 646. Knowest thou not the first commandment of thy Christian Decalogue to be Thou shalt have none other Christs but me? What doest thou with so many Christlings?
