antichrist
antichrist Lexical Profile
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• noun
In Christian eschatology, a great personal adversary of Christ who will spread evil and deception before the Second Coming (often capitalized as 'the Antichrist').
"Medieval theologians wrote extensively about the prophecies concerning the coming of the Antichrist."
Any person, force, or ideology regarded as an enemy of Christ, Christianity, or fundamental morality.
"During the Reformation, rival factions frequently denounced their political and religious opponents as antichrists."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Old French Antecrist, from Late Latin Antichristus, from Ecclesiastical Greek Antikhristos, combining anti- ('against' or 'instead of') and Khristos ('Christ, the anointed one'). The term first appeared in the New Testament Epistles of John.
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