(n.) The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.
Example Sentences:
(1) Roberts can't really explain why Wu Lyf's lyrics are full of neo-biblical imagery – all blood and fire and crowns – nor why one of their main insignia is a cross, but he does admit that he got suspended from secondary school for putting a picture of Ho Chi Minh's face on Christ's body.
(2) Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina were arrested on the eve of Russia's presidential vote last weekend, days after an impromptu performance of an anti-Putin song in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour.
(3) Meanwhile he is preparing a new double piano concerto by Kevin Volans with the Labèque sisters for a concert at the Edinburgh festival next week, and he tells me with a glint in his eye about ideas for the next two seasons: concert performances of Don Giovanni this October, more Brahms symphonies, and more Berlioz – an ambitious plan to realise the gigantic drama of Roméo and Juliette on a chamber-orchestral scale, following up his rapturously received performances of L'Enfance du Christ in February.
(4) His dynamic vision for making Christ visible in mission and ministry, as well as serving the poor, would have been a great asset to us all."
(5) The curator Clare Browne has a certain sympathy for Bock – “he was a serious collector, and he saved many pieces which would otherwise certainly have been destroyed” – but even she is startled that he ran his scissors straight through the figure of Christ, sparing only the face, which ended up in the V&A’s half.
(6) Yet some members of the church who profess desire to adhere most strictly to the teachings of Christ are the most vehement objectors to behavior that most resembles what his might have been.
(7) Since the allegations became public, fans have taken to holding up homemade signs at Florida State games: "We Support Famous Jameis", "Jameis is Innocent," and "In Jameis Christ We Pray".
(8) I think the fact that the movement has now become so public and widely supported gives it a resilience that means we can do this and it will make it very hard for border force and the government to make a move on these people.” There were also training demonstrations given at churches in Sydney, Hobart, Perth, Canberra and Adelaide, while Christ Church cathedral in Darwin will hold a demonstration later this afternoon.
(9) The truth of the redemption of all things in Christ, which is the message of the life-giving cross, must be reclaimed (Colossians 1:20; John 3:16).
(10) Even now when he arrives at the door, I think, 'Christ, where are the valuables?'"
(11) The trio were arrested after a brief performance in Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Saviour of a song calling for the Virgin Mary to "chase Putin out".
(12) In 1500, though, he unveiled two paintings in the Contarelli chapel in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome – the French church – showing Christ calling St Matthew and his martyrdom.
(13) I believe there are infinite paths to accepting Jesus Christ as your personal saviour.
(14) Our food banks' primary goal is not party political, but grounded in the church's response to the love of Christ – to meet needs in the short term by alleviating hunger, and by recognising all who come in need of food as people made in God's image.
(15) I turned to Hillcoat, happier than I'd ever seen him in the economy seat beside me: "Jesus Christ, John, how much did we drink?
(16) They are no more perfect a family than any family, but their Christian witness is not marred in our eyes because following Christ is not a declaration of our perfection, but of HIS perfection.
(17) And Jesus Christ, we don’t know about him – it seems as if he may have just been a Jewish radical, so if I had to pick one… heheheheh!” He cackles like a crazy.
(18) Profile in the Guardian, January 2007 On winning the Nobel : "Oh Christ!
(19) She had a robust attitude when I grilled her on Lonely Planet's advice against walking up Corcovado to the Christ the Redeemer statue.
(20) In Herbert Ross's Goodbye Mr Chips (1969), based on the Terence Rattigan stage play, he won hearts as well as minds with a tender performance as the shy schoolmaster who falls in love with Petula Clark, and in 1972 he gave an extraordinary turn in a cult movie rarely revived now, Peter Medak's The Ruling Class, in which he played a young man who succeeds to an earldom after the ageing incumbent dies in an auto-erotic strangling incident, and reveals that he believes himself to be Jesus Christ.
Noel
Definition:
(n.) Same as Nowel.
Example Sentences:
(1) By trading Holiday for Noel, the 76ers are effectively ending the Andrew Bynum experiment after one disastrous year and seem likely to start a rebuilding process.
(2) Noel Ernest Edmonds (@NoelEdmonds) A simple box that slows ageing, reduces pain, lifts depression and stress and tackles cancer .
(3) Noel Fielding told the press Amstell “ruined” Buzzcocks by being too abusive.
(4) "It was an idea from the Creation marketing department, I think," says Cannon now, "although I'm sure Noel [Gallagher] would say it was his!
(5) Celebrity use Celebrities who have admitted taking ecstasy include Oasis frontman Noel Gallagher, who claimed that taking drugs is 'like having a cup of tea', boyband star Brian Harvey and Blur's Damon Albarn.
(6) The Communist party leader, Marie-George Buffet, said the party was recommending a pro-Chirac vote in the May 5 runoff "to ensure that the candidate Le Pen gets as low a score as possible", while the Green candidate Noel Mamère said his party had resolved to vote Chirac in the second round "because, although this choice is unimaginable, we have a responsibility to society".
(7) Scullion said criticism of the comment by Indigenous leaders including Pat Dodson, Noel Pearson and the chairman of Abbott’s Indigenous advisory council, Warren Mundine, followed a “new convention” of “word-annoying”.
(8) We believe this risk is low enough to justify its use without viral inactivation, although certain additional measures, such as the 6-month quarantine devised by Dr. Noel, could increase the margin of safety even further.
(9) Movies like [Noel Clarke's] Adulthood are going to No 1.
(10) "I did that because Noel Fielding was doing it and I know him and could feel, you know, comfortable."
(11) Coad, representing Edmonds, said: “Noel has waited 10 years to see justice done after his business empire was brought down by Mr Dobson’s fraud, and if the Lloyds review process does not provide the recompense due to Noel, then all the necessary ordinance, including litigation funding, is in place to start legal proceedings.” Lloyds said the £100m compensation pot could be increased if necessary.
(12) Noel then does his own thing, hanging out with the latest band.
(13) The chart show, which made TV stars out of the likes of Noel Edmonds and Tony Blackburn, will run down its last-ever top 40 on July 30.
(14) Noel Gallagher is apparently “whittling down” more than 50 songs for a “seismic” new album, according to one of his long-time collaborators.
(15) With nine out of 10 Greater Manchester councils run by or dominated by Labour, the Labour candidate is expected to romp to victory unless a celebrity Mancunian like Noel Gallagher comes to the fore and steals the show.
(16) Calls by some community leaders like Noel Pearson that recognition be “symbolic” in the form of a declaration , have been comprehensively rejected by the committee.
(17) Machines at work “I can see mass unemployment on the horizon as the robotics revolution takes hold,” said Noel Sharkey, a professor emeritus of robotics and artificial intelligence at the University of Sheffield in the UK.
(18) "I feel absolutely cheated because the better team lost and the French cheated at the end," said Noel Cummins, sipping a pint in the Cobblestone pub.
(19) Noel plummeted all the way to No 6, where he was picked up by the New Orleans Pelicans – who sadly robbed us of a classic tongue-twister, "New Orleans' Nerlens Noel", by trading him to the Philadelphia 76ers.
(20) A total of 641 birds representing 135 species of 25 families from Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in west-central Bolivia was examined for hematozoa; only 33 (5.1%) harbored blood parasites.