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the Messiah

noun [S]
 
 

Definition

in the Christian religion, Jesus ChristThe Bible - people, events and places in the Jewish religion, the King of the Jews who will be sent by GodJudaism
(Definition of the Messiah noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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