Any virulent or fatal contagious or infectious disease, esp. one of epidemic proportions, as bubonic plague. A pernicious, evil influence or agent. Anything, as a doctrine, regarded as harmful or dangerous. The personification of pestilence, often depicted riding a white horse. More @Wikipedia
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