messiahs

Noun

messiah (plural messiahs)

1. The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
2. (broadly) A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi.
   • The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe- a desolate, dry planet with vast deserts. Hidden away within the rocks of these deserts are a people known as the Fremen, who have long held a prophecy, that a man would come, a messiah, who would lead them to true freedom. The planet is...1984, 1:50 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC
3. (figuratively) An extremely powerful or revered figure.
   • At its best, psychoanalysis is the classic therapeutic technique for exploring unconscious processes. At its less-than-best, it is a jargon-opacified oedipus-complicated, libido-theoretical, pseudo-scientific cult whose messiah is Sigmund Freud.1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8

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