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How to pronounce messiah in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms christ
Type of rescuer, deliverer, savior, saviour
Derivation messiahship, messianic
Type Words
Type Words
Derivation messiahship, messianic
Type Words
Derivation messiahship, messianic

Examples of messiah

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He was raised quite literally as a messiah, someone who would change the world.
From the sfgate.com
Messiah students come from 39 states, but more than half are from Pennsylvania.
From the usatoday.com
We've never seen Jacob, although he seems to be the all-knowing island messiah.
From the kentucky.com
It was not until 1648 that Sevi took himself properly speaking to be the messiah.
From the economist.com
I know he's the Guardian journalist's messiah but Japan already has the answer.
From the guardian.co.uk
Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist and he stepped forward as the messiah.
From the timesunion.com
Parents of autistic children glommed onto Dr. Wakefield as a medical messiah.
From the online.wsj.com
To know Obama's story is not to see him as a messiah who must do things for Africa.
From the theatlantic.com
Having never been inside a church, many of his disciples regard him as the messiah.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • Any expected deliverer
  • Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer
  • An oratorio composed by Handel in 1742
  • Messiah is a term used by the Jewish, Christians, and Muslims for the redeemer figure expected in one form or another by each religion.
  • Messiah is a compilation album by the Los Angeles industrial metal band Fear Factory released in 1999 by Roadrunner Records. It includes one song from Soul of a New Machine, six from Demanufacture, two from Remanufacture and one from Obsolete. It is the soundtrack to the video game, Messiah.
  • Messiah were a death/thrash metal band from Switzerland. The band is best remembered for their first two full-length albums, Hymn to Abramelin and Extreme Cold Weather.
  • Messiah was a Derren Brown special shown on Channel 4 on 7 January 2005 at 21:00. Brown traveled to the United States to try to convince five leading figures that he had powers in their particular field of expertise: Christian evangelism, alien abduction, psychic powers, New Age theories and ...
  • Messiah is an EP release from the industrial metal group Godflesh. The material on this EP was originally recorded and mixed during 1994 and released only to members of the band's fan club. ...
  • Messiah (HWV 56) is an English oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel, and is one of the most popular works in the Western choral literature. The libretto by Charles Jennens is drawn entirely from the King James and Great Bibles, and interprets the Christian doctrine of the Messiah. ...