messianic
adjective /ˌmesiˈænɪk/
/ˌmesiˈænɪk/
(formal)- relating to a messiah
- attempting to make big changes in society or to a political system in an extremely determined and enthusiastic way
- The reforms were carried out with an almost messianic zeal.
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French messianique, from Messie (via late Latin and Greek from Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘anointed’), on the pattern of rabbinique ‘rabbinical’.