messiah
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At its centre is the church's late founder Sun Myung Moon, who was revered among followers as a messiah.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
But so too does the subject of this Greatest Story Ever Told, a messiah whose following has few equals in the history of the world.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2025
From Florida to Alaska, Native Americans perform the Ghost Dance, anticipating their own messiah.
From Salon • May 17, 2025
Chalamet has already taken his boy messiah in the “Dune” movies to a dangerously dark place; his Dylan is cut from the same cloth, uncomfortable with the mantle thrust upon him.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024
By attacking apartheid in a way no other black American entertainer or athlete had done, Arthur Ashe did appear to be a sort of messiah.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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World Religions
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The Princess Bride
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