antichrist

(an′ti krīst′, -tī-)

noun

an opponent of or disbeliever in Christ
Bible the great antagonist of Christ, expected to spread universal evil before the end of the world but finally to be conquered at Christ's second coming: 1 John 2:18
a false Christ

Origin: ME anticrist < OFr antecrist < LL(Ec) antichristus < Gr(Ec) antichristos < anti-, against + Christos, Christ

See antichrist in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An enemy of Christ.
Antichrist The epithet of the great antagonist who was expected by the early Church to set himself up against Christ in the last days before the Second Coming.
A false Christ.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English Antecrist

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: and from Old English

Origin: , both from Late Latin Antichrīstus

Origin: , from Late Greek Antikhrīstos

Origin: : Greek anti-, anti-

Origin: + Greek Khrīstos, Christ; see Christ

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