Redeemer (7)
'redeemer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for messiah that I've seen before include "Hallelujah chorus work" , "well-loved music" , "Choral work often performed at Christmas" , "Gospel saviour as prophesied" , "His coming was prophesied in the Old Testament" .)
'redeemer' is the definition.
(I know that redeemer can be written as Saviour)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for saviour that I've seen before include "people worship Him" , "Rescuer" , "Deliverer or redeemer" , "Round, flat plate" , "Mankind's deliverer (The Scaffold's Lily 15)" .)