Definition of Messiases

1. messias [n] - See also: messias

Lexicographical Neighbors of Messiases

messer
messers
messes
messet
messets
messiahless
messiahlike
messiahs
messiahship
messiahships
messianic
messianically
messianism
messianisms
messias
messiases (current term)
messier
messiest
messieurs
messily
messiness
messinesses
messing
messless
messman
messmate
messmates
messmen
messuage
messuages

Literary usage of Messiases

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nazareth by Frances Sarah Hoey (1873)
"Making them Apostles, He made them messiases. They stood in His place, and exercised His office. He indoctrinated them; He gave them precisely that, ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(g) The Apocalypse of Daniel is the work of a Persian Jew of the twelfth century, and is unique in foretelling two messiases: one, the son of Joseph ..."

3. The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy by Leo Tolstoy (1904)
"... but all the false leaders of the nation, whoever they may be : false prophets, false messiases, but in particular the Pharisees, the enemies of Christ ..."

4. The Convert: Or, Leaves from My Experience by Orestes Augustus Brownson (1857)
"Why should there not be new messiases ? Indeed, was not Kossuth, vice- president of the American Bible Society, ex-Governor of Hungary, when he came to this ..."

5. The Works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson, Henry Francis Brownson (1884)
"Why should there not be new messiases ? Indeed, was not Kossuth, Vice-President of the American Bible Society, Ex-Governor of Hungary, when he came to this ..."

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