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pestilences

pestilences is the plural of pestilence.

Meaning of pestilence

Noun

pestilence (countable and uncountable, plural pestilences)

  1. Any epidemic disease that is highly contagious, infectious, virulent and devastating.
    • and hit was in the realme of Logrys and soo bifelle grete pestylence & grete harme to both Realmes
      "And it was in the realm of Logris; and so befell great pestilence and great harm to both realms."1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII, Chapter iii, leaf 347r
    Synonyms:
    plague, murrain
  2. (archaic) Anything harmful to morals or public order.

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Questions about pestilences

What is pestilences the plural of?
Pestilences is the plural of pestilence.

Words near pestilences in the dictionary

  1. pestiferously
  2. pestiferousness
  3. pestification
  4. pestify
  5. pestilence
  6. pestilences
  7. pestilent
  8. pestilential
  9. pestilentially
  10. pestilentialness
  11. pestilentious

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