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- noun Plural form of
pestilence .
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Examples
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: "Nation shall rise against nation," shews the disquietude of men's minds; "pestilences," the affliction of their bodies; "famines," the barrenness of the soil; "earthquakes in divers places," wrath from heaven above.
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew 1225?-1274 1842
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In this day and age of "pestilences" and other super bugs that even science cannot account for, it is nice to know that science has also found a humane, inexpensive and easy way to fight back against Mother Nature.
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“In English cities, one out of every two children died before the age of five of tuberculosis, typhoid, dysentery, cholera and other pestilences.”
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Without doubt the creature played an important role in the “pestilences” which claimed such a high toll of human lives in the past.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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“In English cities, one out of every two children died before the age of five of tuberculosis, typhoid, dysentery, cholera and other pestilences.”
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Without doubt the creature played an important role in the “pestilences” which claimed such a high toll of human lives in the past.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Without doubt the creature played an important role in the “pestilences” which claimed such a high toll of human lives in the past.
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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“In English cities, one out of every two children died before the age of five of tuberculosis, typhoid, dysentery, cholera and other pestilences.”
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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“In English cities, one out of every two children died before the age of five of tuberculosis, typhoid, dysentery, cholera and other pestilences.”
Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011
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Italy lost 15,000,000 of her population; "and that the wars, famines, and pestilences of the reign of Justinian diminished the human species by the almost incredible number of 100,000,000."
THE HUMAN DRIFT 2010
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