"messianism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: messianisms [plural]
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  1. The belief in a messiah. Wikipedia link: messianism Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the belief in a messiah): mesianismu [masculine] (Asturian), месіяні́зм (mjesijanízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), месія́нства (mjesijánstva) [neuter] (Belarusian), messianisme [common-gender] (Danish), messianisme [neuter] (Dutch), messianismi (Finnish), messiasusko (Finnish), messianisme [masculine] (French), mesianismo [masculine] (Galician), Messianismus [masculine] (German), meisiasacht [feminine] (Irish), messianismo (Italian), mesiānisms [masculine] (Latvian), mesjanizm [masculine] (Polish), messianismo [masculine] (Portuguese), мессиани́зм (messianízm) [masculine] (Russian), мессиа́нство (messiánstvo) [neuter] (Russian), mesianismo [masculine] (Spanish), messianism [common-gender] (Swedish), месіані́зм (mesianízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), месіа́нство (mesiánstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), مَسِیحِیَت (masīḥiyat) [feminine] (Urdu)

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