English Explanatory Dictionary

Whore of Babylon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Christian allegorical figure of evil mentioned in the Book of Revelation in the Bible, whose apocalyptic downfall is prophesied to take place at the hands of a beast with seven heads and ten horns.

Word forms

Whore of Babylon the Whore of Babylon

Etymology

From Revelation 17:1–18.

Synonyms

Babylon the Great
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