Bible Dictionaries
Pestilence

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating.

(2):

(n.) Fig.: That which is pestilent, noxious, or pernicious to the moral character of great numbers.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pestilence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/pestilence.html. 1828.