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   pes·ti·lence

   /ˈpestələns/

   noun

   • 1. a fatal epidemic disease, especially bubonic plague: archaic "neither prayers nor demonstrations halted the advance of the pestilence"

   Word Origin Middle English (also denoting something morally corrupting): from Old French, from Latin pestilentia, based on pestis ‘a plague’.

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   The meaning of PESTILENCE is a contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating; especially : bubonic plague. How to use pestilence in a sentence.

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   PESTILENCE definition: 1. any very serious infectious disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people 2. a…. Learn more.

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   Pestilence means a deadly and overwhelming disease that affects an entire community. The Black Plague, a disease that killed over thirty percent of Europe's population, was certainly a pestilence.

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   Pestilence definition: a deadly or virulent epidemic disease.. See examples of PESTILENCE used in a sentence.

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   Meaning & use. noun. 1.a. a1382–. A fatal epidemic or disease, affecting people or animals; a plague; spec. (frequently in the pestilence) bubonic plague. Also: an instance of this. a1382. Whi shul ȝee dien, þou & þi puple, with swerd & hunger & pestilence [Latin peste]?

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishPESTILENCE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Pestilence is any disease that spreads quickly and kills large numbers of people.