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MESSIAHSHIP

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Mes⋅si⋅ah

  [mi-sahy-uh]
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–noun
1. the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people.
2. Jesus Christ, regarded by Christians as fulfilling this promise and expectation. John 4:25, 26.
3. (usually lowercase) any expected deliverer.
4. (usually lowercase) a zealous leader of some cause or project.
5. (italics) an oratorio (1742) by George Frideric Handel.
Also, Douay Bible, Mes⋅si⋅as  [mi-sahy-uhs] (for defs. 1,2).

Origin:
< LL (Vulgate) Messīās < Gk Messās < Heb māshīaḥ lit., anointed

Related forms:
Mes⋅si⋅ah⋅ship, noun
Mes⋅si⋅an⋅ic  [mes-ee-an-ik] , adjective
Mes⋅si⋅an⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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Messiah [(muh-seye-uh)]

An oratorio by George Frederick Handel on the life of Jesus. Written for solo singers, chorus, and orchestra, it contains the “Hallelujah Chorus.” In the United States, it is often sung during the Christmas season.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Word Origin & History

messiah 
c.1300, Messias, from L.L. Messias, from Gk. Messias, from Aramaic meshiha and Heb. mashiah "anointed" (of the Lord), from mashah "anoint." This is the word rendered in Septuagint as Gk. Khristos (see Christ). In O.T. prophetic writing, it was used of an expected deliverer of the Jewish nation. The modern Eng. form represents an attempt to make the word look more Heb., and dates from the Geneva Bible (1560). Transf. sense of "an expected liberator or savior of a captive people" is attested from 1666.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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