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Pestilence Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pestilence? [n] a pernicious evil influence [n] any epidemic disease with a high death rate Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pestilence: plague Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pestilence: affliction \| ambulatory plague \| bane \| Black Death \| black plague \| blight \| bubonic plague \| bugbear \| burden \| calamity \| cancer \| canker \| cellulocutaneous plague \| crushing burden \| curse \| death \| defervescing plague \| destruction \| disease \| epidemic \| epiphytotic \| epizootic \| evil \| glandular plague \| grievance \| harm \| hemorrhagic plague \| infliction \| larval plague \| murrain \| nemesis \| open wound \| pandemia \| pandemic \| pest \| pesthole \| plague \| plague spot \| pneumonic plague \| premonitory plague \| running sore \| scourge \| septicemic plague \| siderating plague \| thorn \| torment \| tuberculosis \| vexation \| visitation \| white plague \| woe See Also \| epidemic disease \| influence Pestilence In Webster's Dictionary \Pes"ti*lence\, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia. See {Pestilent}.] 1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating. The pestilence That walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci. 6. 2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers. I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak. {Pestilence weed} (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy for the plague. --Dr. Prior.

Pestilence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pestilence?

[n] a pernicious evil influence
[n] any epidemic disease with a high death rate

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pestilence: plague

See Also | epidemic disease | influence

Pestilence In Webster's Dictionary

\Pes"ti*lence\, n. [F. pestilence, L. pestilentia.
See {Pestilent}.]
1. Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any
   contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent
   and devastating.

         The pestilence That walketh in darkness. --Ps. xci.
                                               6.

2. Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to
   the moral character of great numbers.

         I'll pour this pestilence into his ear. --Shak.

{Pestilence weed} (Bot.), the butterbur coltsfoot ({Petasites
   vulgaris}), so called because formerly considered a remedy
   for the plague. --Dr. Prior.

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