Messiah

  1. Proper noun.  (Christianity) Jesus.
  2. Noun.  (context, Judeo-Christian tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians to be Jesus Christ.
  3. Noun.  An extremely powerful divine figure.

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