mark of the beast

American  

noun

1. (in the Bible) a physical mark placed on those who worship the Antichrist and are in opposition to God.

2. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of mark of the beast

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English

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Example Sentences

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mark of the beast

Considerable light can be thrown upon the subject of the sealing of God's servants and of the mark of the beast by consulting Roman history for the origin of such expressions.

From The Revelation Explained by F. G. (Frederick George) Smith

It occurs nine times in the New Testament, and with the single exception of Acts 17:29, refers every time to the mark of the beast.

From The United States in the Light of Prophecy by Uriah Smith

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 Maria Edgeworth

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 Philip Freneau

The mark of the beast was sprinkled over his linen: he wore snaffle sleeve-links, a hard hunting-hat, a Newmarket coat, and extremely tight trousers.

From The Talking Horse And Other Tales by F. Anstey

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