Messiah - definition, transcription

*
Amer.  |məˈsaɪə|
Brit.  |mɪˈsaɪə|

noun

- any expected deliverer (syn: christ, messiah)
- Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer (syn: messiah)
- the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people (syn: messiah)
- an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742 (syn: messiah)

Extra examples

They thought the new principal was the messiah the school had been hoping for.

...holy men were prophesying the coming of a new messiah...

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