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1. Any expected deliverer
   - christ

1. The awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
    
2. An oratorio composed by Handel in 1742
    
3. Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

Derived forms: messiahs, Messiahs

See also: messiahship, messianic

Type of: cantata, deliverer, king, Logos, male monarch, oratorio, rescuer, Rex, savior [N. Amer], saviour [Brit, Cdn], Son, Word

Encyclopedia: Messiah