Antichrist
noun/ˈæntikraɪst/
/ˈæntikraɪst/, /ˈæntaɪkraɪst/
(usually the Antichrist)
[singular]- (in some Christian teaching) the greatest enemy of Jesus Christ, expected to appear before the end of the worldWord OriginOld English, via Old French or ecclesiastical Latin from Greek antikhristos, from anti ‘against’ + Khristos (noun use of an adjective meaning ‘anointed’, from khriein ‘anoint’, translating Hebrew māšīaḥ ‘Messiah’).
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