Messiah
[mə'saɪə]
Definition
(noun.) an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742.
(noun.) the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
(noun.) Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer.
(noun.) any expected deliverer.
Typist: Meg--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ.
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Definition
n. the anointed One the Christ—also Messī′as.—n. Messī′ahship the character and work of Christ as the Saviour of the world.—adj. Messian′ic relating to the Messiah.
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Examples
- The mind of the Jews, as we know, had crystallized about the idea of the Promise of the One True God and the coming of a Saviour or Messiah. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Not the reign of your vainly-expected Messiah offers such power to your dispersed tribes as my ambition may aim at. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They had now all identified Jesus with the promised Christ, the Messiah so long expected by the Jewish people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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