单词	messiah
释义	messiahmes‧si‧ah /məˈsaɪə/ noun [singular] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmessiah Origin: 1100-1200 Hebrew mashiah and Aramaic meshiha, ‘anointed’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The media made him out to be a political messiah. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A year and a half before, he had become famous overnight, as an industrial messiah. And, like all peasant messiahs, Mao promised a society in which all men would be equal. But they're not hip-hop messiahs come to lead a supposedly stagnating genre out of the dark ages. Dilbert is the new management messiah. When confronted with the messiah being humiliated, tortured and killed, Peter refuses to listen. When he visited the United States in 1882, he was accorded a welcome by the faithful befitting a messiah. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the Messiah And their very definition of the Messiah had been hi-jacked and twisted into something radically different. Formerly it heralded special occasions and, it is said, will be blown to announce the coming of the Messiah. Nothing remained except for the Messiah to reveal himself and build the Third Temple. They did not want to wait until the Messiah came riding on his donkey. This was the gift through which the Messiah had accomplished his work. To followers, he is more than just a guiding light - he is the Messiah. Very ordinary ladies, but worshipped their brother as if he was the Messiah. When faced with the suffering of the Messiah. 1the Messiah a)Jesus Christ, who Christians believe has been sent by God to save the world from evil b)a great religious leader who, according to Jewish belief, will be sent by God to save the world2someone who people believe will solve all their problems:  The club was in desperate need of a new footballing messiah.
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