LekhoriLekhoriThe bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, among the rest of my neighbours, heard in ordinary discourse that the plague was returned again in Holland[…] It mattered not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come into Holland again.
An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but specifically by the above disease.
Great plagues, such as the bubonic plague or smallpox or syphilis or influenza, can happen again.
A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
From Middle English plage, borrowed from Old French plage, from Latin plāga (“blow, wound”), from plangō (“to strike”). Cognate with Middle Dutch plāghe (> Dutch plaag), plāghen (> Dutch plagen); Midd...
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