Messiah

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 64

mes-sī′a, n. the anointed One, the Christ—also Me ī′as .— n. Me ī′ahship , the character and work of Christ as the Saviour of the world.— adj. Me ian′ic , relating to the Me iah. [Heb. māshīach , anointed— māshach , to anoint.]