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< Messiaen, Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles

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Mes·si·ah

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NOUN:

also Mes·si·as (m-ss) KEY The anticipated savior of the Jews.
also Messias Christianity Jesus.
messiah One who is anticipated as, regarded as, or professes to be a savior or liberator.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English Messias, Messie, from Old French Messie, from Late Latin Messs, from Greek, from Aramaic mi, the anointed one (from ma, to anoint), or Hebrew mîa, anointed (from ma, to anoint); see m in Semitic roots

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