the Lord's Anointed
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Ancient Greek χριστός (khristós, “[the] anointed [one]”).
Proper noun
[edit]- (Christianity) Christ or the Messiah.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 26:9:
- And Dauid sayd to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Anointed, and be guiltlesse?
- 1953, James Baldwin, “Gabriel’s Prayer”, in Go Tell It on the Mountain, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., published October 1970, →OCLC, part 2 (The Prayers of the Saints), page 94:
- Yes, he wanted power—he wanted to know himself to be the Lord's anointed, His well-beloved, and worthy, nearly, of that snow-white dove which had been sent down from Heaven to testify that Jesus was the Son of God.
- A Jewish or other king by divine right.
Translations
[edit]Christ or Messiah
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king by divine right
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