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messiah

English

Alternative forms

  • Messiah

Etymology

From Middle English Messyas, Messy, Messie, from Latin Mess??s, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ??????? (Messías), from Aramaic ???????? (m?š???), from Biblical Hebrew ????????? (m?šîa?, anointed). Doublet of Masih.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: m?-s?'?, IPA(key): /m??sa?.?/
  • Rhymes: -a??

Noun

messiah (plural messiahs)

  1. (Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
  2. (religion, loosely) A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi.
  3. (figuratively) An extremely powerful figure.

Derived terms

  • messiah complex
  • messiahship

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • Christ

Anagrams

  • mashies, sameish, smashie

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messianism

English

Noun

messianism (countable and uncountable, plural messianisms)

  1. The belief in a messiah

Translations

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