PESTILENCE
\pˈɛstɪləns], \pˈɛstɪləns], \p_ˈɛ_s_t_ɪ_l_ə_n_s]\
Definitions of PESTILENCE
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- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
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Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
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Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.
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Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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