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Definitions of messiah
  1. noun
    any expected deliverer

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  2. noun
    an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742
  3. noun
    Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer
  4. noun
    the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
Definition that contains messiah
  • judah (Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah
  • nazarene a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome
  • handel a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
  • messianic of or relating to a messiah promising deliverance
  • messiahship the position of messiah
  • george frideric handel a prolific British baroque composer (born in Germany) remembered best for his oratorio Messiah (1685-1759)
  • mandaean a member of a small Gnostic sect that originated in Jordan and survives in Iraq and who believes that John the Baptist was the Messiah
  • ebionite a member of a group of Jews who (during the early history of the Christian Church) accepted Jesus as the Messiah; they accepted the Gospel According to Matthew but rejected the Epistles of St. Paul and continued to follow Jewish law and celebrate Jewish holidays; they were later declared heretic by the Church of Rome
  • mandaeanism a Gnostic religion originating the 2nd and 3rd centuries that believes John the Baptist was the Messiah and that incorporates Jewish and Christian elements into a framework of dualistic beliefs
  • rastafarianism a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land
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