the Lord's Anointed

English

Alternative forms

• the Lord's anointed

Etymology

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

Proper noun

the Lord's Anointed

1. (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.

2. A Jewish or other king by divine right.

Translations

Christ or Messiah

• Finnish: Herran voideltu
• French: oint du Seigneur (fr)

king by divine right

• Finnish: Herran voideltu
• French: oint du Seigneur (fr)