Word Meanings - MESSIAH - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ. And told them the Messiah now was born. Milton.

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• CHRISTIAN
  1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ. The disciples were called Christians first
• CHRISTEN
  1. To baptize and give a Christian name to. 2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet. 3. To Christianize. Jer. Taylor. 4. To use for the first time.
• MESSIAHSHIP
  The state or office of the Messiah.
• CHRISTIAN ERA
  The era in use in all Christian countries, which was intended to commence with the birth of Christ. The era as now established was first used by Dionysius Exiguus , who placed the birth of Christ on the 25th of December in the year of Rome 754,
• CHRISTLY
  Christlike. H. Bushnell.
• EXPECTATION
  The leaving of the disease principally to the efforts of nature to effect a cure. Expectation of life, the mean or average duration of the life individuals after any specified age. Syn. -- Anticipation; confidence; trust. (more info) 1. The act
• CHRISTIANITE
  Same as Anorthite. See Phillipsite.
• CHRISTENDOM
  1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. Shak. 2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak. 3. That portion
• CHRISTMASTIDE
  The season of Christmas.
• CHRIST
  The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
• MESSIAH
  The expected king and deliverer of the Hebrews; the Savior; Christ. And told them the Messiah now was born. Milton.
• CHRISTIAN SOCIALISM
  Any theory or system that aims to combine the teachings of Christ with the teachings of socialism in their applications to life; Christianized socialism; esp., the principles of this nature advocated by F. D. Maurice, Charles Kingsley, and others
• CHRISTLIKE
  Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.
• CHRISTIANIZATION
  The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.
• SAVIORESS
  A female savior. Bp. Hall.
• EXPECT
  1. To wait for; to await. Let's in, and there expect their coming. Shak. 2. To look for ; to look forward to, as to something that is believed to be about to happen or come; to have a previous apprehension of, whether of good or evil; to look
• EXPECTORANT
  Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n.
• CHRISTOLOGY
  A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.
• CHRISTLESS
  Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.
• CHRISTMAS
  An annual church festival and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. A box in which presents are
• INEXPECTABLE
  Not to be expected or anticipated. Bp. Hall.
• UNEXPECTATION
  Absence of expectation; want of foresight. Bp. Hall.
• ANTICHRISTIANISM; ANTICHRISTIANITY
  Opposition or contrariety to the Christian religion.
• UNEXPECTED
  Not expected; coming without warning; sudden. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ly, adv. -- Un`ex*pect"ed*ness, n.
• INEXPECTED
  Unexpected.
• UNCHRISTIAN
  1. Not Christian; not converted to the Christian faith; infidel. 2. Contrary to Christianity; not like or becoming a Christian; as, unchristian conduct.
• NEO-CHRISTIANITY
  Rationalism.
• UNCHRISTIANLY
  Unchristian. Milton.