Adjective
Of or relating to the Messiah; as, the Messianic office or character.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe present, which, as a model of Messianic time, comprises the entire history of mankind in an enormous abridgment, coincides with the stature which the history of mankind has in the universe. Walter Benjamin
Don't let anybody make you think that God chose America as his divine, messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. Martin Luther King Jr.
Unhappy German nation, how do you like the Messianic role allotted to you, not by God, nor by destiny, but by a handful of perverted and bloody-minded men? Thomas Mann
Canada has a passive-aggressive culture, with a lot of sarcasm and righteousness. That went with my weird messianic complex. The ego is a fascinating monster. I was taught from a young age that I had to serve, so that turned into me thinking I had to save the planet. Alanis Morissette
Every Messianic movement known to history has arisen in a society that has been subjected to severe stress of contact with an alien culture-involving military defeat, epidemic, and acculturation. Peter Farb
George Bush and John Ashcroft were religious in a scary way, but the rational among us could always take heart that, deep down, the Bush administration was more cynical than messianic. Matt Taibbi