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pestilence
/ˈpɛstələn(t)s/
noun 2name 1
Collocations
3VERB + PESTILENCE
allowed, hidden
PESTILENCE + NOUN
enemy, famine, home, shalt, thou, walketh
PREP.
between, from, in, off, with
Definitions
noun
1
Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII, Chapter iii, leaf 347r and hit was in the realme of Logrys and soo bifelle grete pestylence & grete harme to both Realmes "And it was in the realm of Logris; and so befell great pestilence and great harm to both realms."
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
2
Anything harmful to morals or public order.
name
1
The personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse.
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1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII, Chapter iii, leaf 347r and hit was in the realme of Logrys and soo bifelle grete pestylence & grete harme to both Realmes "And it was in the realm of
Wiktionary02
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Wiktionary03
"Take it, Christian dogsǃ take the palaces, the gardens, the mosques, the abode of our fathers - take plague with them; pestilence is the enemy we fly; if she be your friend, hug her to your bosoms. T
Wiktionary04
There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it.
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"Let the minutes show that Mary, the cat, the dog and the hidden pestilence in this home have all attended the family meeting," said Tom.
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For now I will stretch out my hand to strike thee, and thy people, with pestilence, and thou shalt perish from the earth.
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