messiah (n.)

  1. any expected deliverer

    [ Syn: christ ]

  2. Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

    [ Syn: messiah ]

  3. the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

    [ Syn: messiah ]

  4. an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742

    [ Syn: messiah ]

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