Definitions of Messiah
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Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer
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the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people
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Rex, king, male monarch
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
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Rex, king, male monarch
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an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742
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The Color of Water
When James McBride was growing up in Brooklyn, his mother was evasive about her origins. In this memoir, he tells her story.
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