Antichrist

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an·ti·christ

(ăn′tĭ-krīst′, ăn′tī-)

1. Antichrist The great enemy of Christ expected by the early Church and historically by many branches of Christianity to rise to power in the last days before the Second Coming.

2. One who actively denies or opposes Christianity.

3. A false Christ.

[Middle English Antecrist, from Old French and from Old English, both from Late Latin Antichrīstus, from Late Greek Antikhrīstos : Greek anti-, anti- + Greek Khrīstos, Christ; see Christ.]

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Antichrist

(ˈæntɪˌkraɪst)

1. (Bible) New Testament the antagonist of Christ, expected by early Christians to appear and reign over the world until overthrown at Christ's Second Coming

2. (Theology) (sometimes not capital) an enemy of Christ or Christianity

ˌAntiˈchristian adj

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An•ti•christ

(ˈæn tɪˌkraɪst)

n.

1. a personage or power expected to corrupt the world but be conquered by Christ's Second Coming.

2. (often l.c.)

a. any opponent of or disbeliever in Christ.

b. a false Christ.

[before 1150; Middle English, Old English < Late Latin Antichrīstus < Late Greek Antíchrīstos]

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Antichrist - (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity) mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ

Christian religion, Christianity - a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior

Translations

Antikristus

antéchrist

Antikrist

Anticristo

Antikrist

anticristo

Antichrist

[ˈæntɪkraɪst] N → Anticristo m

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Antichrist

n → Antichrist m

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Antichrist

[ˈæntɪˌkraɪst] n the Antichrist → l'Anticristo

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Again and again, of course, he will be found to express himself so clearly that all reference to his other writings may be dispensed with; but where this is not the case, the advice he himself gives is after all the best to be followed here, viz.:--to regard such works as: "Joyful Science", "Beyond Good and Evil", "The Genealogy of Morals", "The Twilight of the Idols", "The Antichrist", "The Will to Power", etc., etc., as the necessary preparation for "Thus Spake Zarathustra".

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Ay, and observe--it just occurs to me that the Puritans are furious against Buckingham, and their preachers designate him as the Antichrist."

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Bulstrode felt that his mode of talking about Catholic countries, as if there were any truce with Antichrist, illustrated the usual tendency to unsoundness in intellectual men.

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Other Biblical scenes, as well, came to be enacted, and, further, there were added stories from Christian tradition, such as that of Antichrist, and, on their particular days, the lives of Christian saints.

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'They tell me you expound the prophecies relating to Antichrist,' said he, when we were alone.

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