messiah

noun

mes·si·ah | \mə-ˈsī-ə

Definition of messiah

1 capitalized

a : the expected king and deliverer of the Jews

b : jesus sense 1

2 : a professed or accepted leader of some hope or cause security, which the political messiahs promise— Vardis Fisher

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They thought the new principal was the messiah the school had been hoping for.

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While Dune and its desert messiah would exert great influence a host of sci-fi to follow—particularly the globe-conquering Star Wars franchise—Herbert's series hasn't had the best of luck with on-screen adaptations. — Andrew Moseman, Popular Mechanics, "Legendary Just Bought the Rights to Make a New "Dune" Movie or TV Show," 22 Nov. 2016 Last summer, the franchise announced the hiring of Dr. Daniel Medina and anointed him its medical messiah. — Marcus Hayes, Philly.com, "Sixers top doctor Daniel Medina says his first year keeping Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons on the court was a success | Marcus Hayes," 9 July 2018 Pence was certainly no political messiah, nor did his message enhance the prospects for peace. — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, "Pence's visit to Jerusalem aimed more at evangelicals at home | Trudy Rubin," 24 Jan. 2018 One needed to be big enough to hold all that black womanhood was supposed to be; lover, cook, therapist, mama, freak, co-conspirator, messiah, savior, martyr, while never getting too big. — Sonya Renee Taylor, SELF, "The House Next Door," 26 June 2018 This time around, the drama began early in 2016 with Messi, one of the all-time greats and the anointed messiah. — John Maccormack, San Antonio Express-News, "For Argies, Soccer is Religion, World Cup Win is Heaven," 16 June 2018 The Web is not the messiah dressed in cables and bits. — Dylan Matthews, Vox, "The internet was supposed to save democracy. I asked 4 tech optimists what went wrong.," 8 June 2018 Trumpism has evolved from a political ideology into a religion with an unerring tyrannical messiah at the center of it all. — Michael Harriot, The Root, "Donald Trump: White Jesus," 12 Feb. 2018 These beliefs included the return of exiled Jews to their homeland and the appearance of a messiah who would resurrect the righteous dead and usher in a new era of peace. — Liya Rechtman, BostonGlobe.com, "When the apocalypse is a feature, not a bug," 12 May 2018

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