Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Messiah .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Messiah.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun obsolete The
Messiah .
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Examples
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Ask the Jews who believe in Messias, or Mr. Ingram who believes in poetry, or your son who (I think) believes in love, or the king who believes in kingship.
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Samaritan woman using the word Messias; which though it is not to be met with in the books of Moses, yet Moses having clearly spoken of his coming, whom the Prophets afterward signalized by the name of the Messias; this foundation being laid, the Sadducees and the Samaritans do not stick to speak of him in the same manner, and under the same title, wherein the
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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But more especially among the Jews, there was, at that time, a more lively and particular expectation, grounded upon the predictions of the prophets, of a Prince whom they called the Messias, or the anointed; and those who were more devout among them, did at that time wait for his appearance; as it is said of Simeon, that "he waited for the consolation of Israel."
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 05. 1630-1694 1820
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God is merely the equivalent of the name Messias, and does not in any wise mean that Christ is the true and natural Son of God "(see decree
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
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He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
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He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
From the Talmud and Hebraica 1602-1675 1979
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He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 50: John The Challoner Revision
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He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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