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antichrist definition

anti·christ (an′ti krīst′, -tī-)

noun

  1. an opponent of or disbeliever in Christ
  2. 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
  3. a false Christ

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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