/an"ti kruyst'/ , n. Theol.
1. a particular personage or power, variously identified or explained, who is conceived of as appearing in the world as the principal antagonist of Christ.
2. ( sometimes l.c. ) an opponent of Christ; a person or power antagonistic to Christ.
3. ( often l.c. ) a disbeliever in Christ.
4. ( often l.c. ) a false Christ.
[ bef. 1150; ME, OE Antichristus Antíchristos the Antichrist. See ANTI-, CHRIST ]