messianIc

[Low Lat. Me ianic us; Fr. Me i an i que.] Relating to the Me iah; as, Mes sianic psalms, Me ianic prophecy. Many Old Testament prophecies are regarded by the great majority of Christians as Me ianic, even though the personage predicted may not be formally termed the Me iah. Among them are the following: Gen. iii. 15, xii. 3, xxii. 18, xxvi. 4, xxviii. 14, xlix. 10; Deut. xviii. 18; Psalms ii., xxii., lxix., lxxii., cx.; Isaiah ii. 1-5, ix. 1-7, xi. 1-9, xxxii. 1, 2, xxxv., xl. 1-5, xlii. 1-4, xlix. 5, 6, lii. 13-15, liii., Iv. 1-4; Jer. xxiii. 6; Daniel vii. 13, 14, 27, ix. 24-27; Joel ii. 28-32; Micah iv. 1-4, v. 2; Haggai ii. 7; Zech. ix. 9, xi. 12, 13, xiii. 6, 7; Malachi iii. 1-3, iv. 5, 6. †Měs-si-ăs, s . [MESSIAH.] Měs-si-dor, s . [Fr., from Lat. me is harvest, and Gr. doron a gift. Properly meaning corn har vest.] The name given in October, 1793, by the French Convention to the tenth month of the Republican year. It commenced on June 19, and was the first summer month.