messianism

Variant of Messiah

Messiah definition

Mes·siah (mə sī′ə)

noun

  1. Judaism the promised and expected deliverer of the Jews, who will bring an era of peace and justice
  2. Christianity Jesus, regarded as the realization of the prophecy that the Messiah would come, and hence called the Christ
  3. any expected savior or liberator of a people or country
Also, for senses 1 & 2, Messias Mes·si′as (-əs)

Etymology: used by the Geneva translators (1560) for LL(Ec) Messias & ME Messie, both (ME via OFr < LL) < Gr(Ec) Messias < Aram měshīḥā, Heb māshīaḥ, lit., anointed

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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