messiah

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MESSI'AH, adjective [Heb. anointed.] Christ, the anointed; the Savior of the world. I know that when messiah cometh, who is called Christ, he will tell us all things. Jesus answered her, I that speak to thee am he. John 4:25-26.
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