Definition of Plagues

1. Noun. (plural of plague) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of plague) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plagues

1. plague [v] - See also: plague

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plagues

plagium
plagiums
plagose
plague
plague bacillus
plague pneumonia
plague septicaemia
plague spot
plague vaccine
plagued
plagueful
plagueless
plaguelike
plaguer
plaguers
plagues (current term)
plaguesome
plaguey
plaguier
plaguiest
plaguily
plaguing
plaguy
plaice
plaices
plaided
plaiding
plaidings
plaidman

Literary usage of Plagues

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Heroes and Crises of Early Hebrew History from the Creation to the Death by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"In the late priestly narratives the plagues are all of a miraculous origin and ... They are, in fact, not so much plagues as wonders, performed in the ..."

2. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1897)
"The same thing was seen in the Protestant colonies of America ; but here, while plagues were steadily attributed to Divine wrath or Satanic malice, ..."

3. A History of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom v. 2 by Andrew Dickson White (1901)
"The great Puritan divine tells us : " plagues are some of those woes, ... 'Tis the Destroyer, or the Divil, that scatters plagues about the World ..."

4. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament by Carl Friedrich Keil, Franz Delitzsch (1866)
"And whilst in the first three plagues the natural sources of the land were ... As the plagues had thus far entirely failed to bend the unyielding heart of ..."

5. Moses and the Monuments: Light from Archaeology on Pentateuchal Times by Melvin Grove Kyle (1920)
"The narrative of the plagues. In the narrative of the plagues, ... of the natural objects and phenomena which are the embodiment of the plagues (cf. 7. 8. ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and that a final conquest of "plagues and Pestilences" is now at hand. In the preponderating prevalence of "preventable disasters,8 however, ..."

7. The Heroes and Crises of Early Hebrew History from the Creation to the Death by Charles Foster Kent (1908)
"In the late priestly narratives the plagues are all of a miraculous origin and ... They are, in fact, not so much plagues as wonders, performed in the ..."

8. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1897)
"The same thing was seen in the Protestant colonies of America ; but here, while plagues were steadily attributed to Divine wrath or Satanic malice, ..."

9. A History of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom v. 2 by Andrew Dickson White (1901)
"The great Puritan divine tells us : " plagues are some of those woes, ... 'Tis the Destroyer, or the Divil, that scatters plagues about the World ..."

10. Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament by Carl Friedrich Keil, Franz Delitzsch (1866)
"And whilst in the first three plagues the natural sources of the land were ... As the plagues had thus far entirely failed to bend the unyielding heart of ..."

11. Moses and the Monuments: Light from Archaeology on Pentateuchal Times by Melvin Grove Kyle (1920)
"The narrative of the plagues. In the narrative of the plagues, ... of the natural objects and phenomena which are the embodiment of the plagues (cf. 7. 8. ..."

12. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"... and that a final conquest of "plagues and Pestilences" is now at hand. In the preponderating prevalence of "preventable disasters,8 however, ..."

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