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the Lord's Anointed en · PROPN

Etymology

Compare Ancient Greek χριστός (khristós, “[the] anointed [one]”).

Meanings

1. Christ or the Messiah.
   • 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. 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:
   • And Dauid sayd to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the Lords Anointed, and be guiltlesse? 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 26:9:
2. A Jewish or other king by divine right.

Forms

Translations (6)

fi Herran voideltu (king by divine right) · sv Herrens smorde (king by divine right) · fi Herran voideltu (Christ or Messiah) · fr oint du Seigneur (king by divine right) · sv Herrens smorde (Christ or Messiah) · fr oint du Seigneur (Christ or Messiah)