messiah
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9.1
- noun
- /məˈsaɪə/
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mesías
- There will be a human being who acts like he's the Messiah, who promises to save the world at a time when the world is in complete and utter chaos.
Not because you're going to crush it and you're the Messiah, but because you're old and you're finished.
- Not because you're going to crush it and you're the Messiah, but because you're old and you're finished.
- So my hope is you know there are religions talking about Messiah coming to earth, bringing peace and understanding.
- You know bloodthirsty creeps and that your mission is to pave the way for a Messiah like figure to come along.
- And that showed that dogmas about faith and scripture and interpretation and messiahs and so on could lead to tremendous carnage.
- And they have been so wildly indoctrinated and they think that this guy is the Messiah.
- You care about, you know, hurting all of these, you know, followers up and, and having, you know, your own little Messiah complex.
- There will be a human being who acts like he's the Messiah, who promises to save the world at a time when the world is in complete and utter chaos.
- And her father had been a doctor, I guess, a traditional doctor in the Messiah group.
- But I've just seen Messi, the Messiah, destroy Chelsea's hearts, took them, took their souls.
Examples
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They think you're their messiah... that you're here to liberate them.
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It was a boy, and the new messiah was born.
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So busy looking for the messiah, they found death instead.
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And is this a possibility that a Messiah could actually come on Earth and save the planet and get rid of all this mess?
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So my hope is you know there are religions talking about Messiah coming to earth, bringing peace and understanding.
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So they were ripe for a messiah and that messiah was Wovoka.
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Their leader declared himself Mahdi, the Muslim equivalent of the messiah, and demanded allegiance from all those present.
Academic text (2007) -
Salazar's strict financial control over spending brought economic stability, and he emerged as a messiah-like political figure.
Academic text (1998) -
A few pundits and prophets stuck with the assertion that the new messiahs had in fact been born that night.
Fiction book (1999) -
Many people believe that a messiah will come to save humanity from its troubles.
Synonyms
194
3.2
A person who helps someone escape danger or harm
18
7.9
A Christian name for Jesus who saves people from sin
1
9.4
A person people expect to save others from trouble
Surface Forms
Etymology
Messiah comes from the Hebrew mashiach, which means 'anointed one' and comes from a verb meaning 'to anoint', to put oil on someone as a sign they are chosen, like the name Christ. So, a messiah is someone people hope is chosen to save or free them.