mark of the beast
Americannoun
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(in the Bible) a physical mark placed on those who worship the Antichrist and are in opposition to God.
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something taken to be a sign of evil, corruption, or infamy.
The way he talks about the uselessness of politics, you'd think that voting in a national election was the mark of the beast.
Etymology
Origin of mark of the beast
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English
Example Sentences
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Their taste for the fine arts is strangely increased, And Latin's no longer a mark of the beast: Mathematics, at present, a farmer may know, Without being hanged for connections below.
From The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume II (of III) by Freneau, Philip
In the last age, Lord Chesterfield set the mark of the beast, as he called it, on certain vulgarisms in pronunciation, which he succeeded in banishing from good company.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Edgeworth, Maria
Freud says that about every dream is the mark of the beast, but then I think he believes in original sin.
From A Dominie in Doubt by Neill, Alexander Sutherland
No, there has never yet appeared in the symbolic heaven a minister or ecclesiastical organization, which has authoritatively denounced everlasting punishment against all who "receive the mark of the beast."
From Notes on the Apocalypse by Steele, David
It has for three centuries desolated the world, and all peace associations should fix on it, wherever they encounter it, the mark of the beast.
From Reflections and Comments 1865-1895 by Godkin, Edwin Lawrence
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