messianic

Example Sentences

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“He is a ghost leader, like the Hidden Iman,” Golkar said, referring to a messianic figure in Shia Islam.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

La Liga president Javier Tebas, who has been openly at odds with Perez for several years, criticised the "messianic, sectarian, supremacist" tone of the Madrid chief, in a post on X.

From Barron's • Nov. 23, 2025

Smotrich's Israeli opponents use the word "messianic" as term of abuse when they talk about him.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2025

Ten thousand years later, Paul Atreides will become the messianic hero of “Dune.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2024

Trueba realized that they had messianic plans that did not include the politicians.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende