messianic
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- adjective
- /ˌmɛsɪˈænɪk/
- In religious texts, the concept of a messianic savior is often viewed as a promise of deliverance for believers.
- messianic redemption
- Messianic hope
- Messianic movement
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Watch on YouTubeAnd at one point he believed that it was his messianic role to restore it.
- And at one point he believed that it was his messianic role to restore it.
- That's the nature of messianic apocalyptic thinking.
- And so the Greek translators of Isaiah, we're not probably trying to make this into a Messianic prophecy, but.
- So you have a world where you have everybody passing through the need to have their messianic moment where they can help save the world.
- Everything depends on whether Jesus returned from the dead or not, because clearly Jesus made transcendent and messianic and divine claims about himself.
- This is a non messianic fate.
Examples
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Let us, as humanists, take the messianic dream out of its theological context.
Academic text (1998) -
Indeed, there is a tradition that in messianic times, the distinction between justice and mercy will be eliminated.
Academic text (1995) -
So you have a world where you have everybody passing through the need to have their messianic moment where they can help save the world.
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And at one point he believed that it was his messianic role to restore it.
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90% of people believe in a higher power, and every religion believes in some sort of messianic figure.
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Only then will the glory of Jerusalem and a messianic ruler be restored.
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The Jews understood these verses as a messianic prophecy, and we Christians do as well.
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Zionism has its roots in the Judaic messianic connection to the land of Israel.
Academic text (1996) -
Jewish theology teaches that ours is not a redeemed messianic world, but one that is unredeemed and messy.
Academic text (1995) -
Scholem stressed that in Jewish messianic thinking, catastrophe and redemption are intertwined.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
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That helps save someone in a spiritual way
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Messianic comes from messiah, which comes from the Hebrew mashiach meaning 'anointed' or 'savior'. So something described as messianic shows strong belief in a coming savior or great rescue, which explains its meaning of hopeful, often religious, expectation.