pseudo-Christ
(ps-, ˈsjuːdəʊkraɪst)
[ad. late L. pseudochrīstus (Itala a 200), Gr. ψευδόχρῑστος (Mark xiii. 22): see pseudo- and Christ.]
A false Christ; one pretending to be the Christ or Messiah.
| c 1380 Wyclif Sel. Wks. II. 402 Þer shulen rise, seiþ Crist, pseudo-Cristis and pseudo-prophetis. 1600 W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 123 That absurd pseudochrist Hacket had so many followers. 1677 Gale Crt. Gentiles II. iii. 127 Some Pseudochrist or Antichrist..in the apostles times. 1865 tr. Lange's Comm. Mark xiii. 11 (ed. 6) 131/2 Be on your guard against the seductions of the pseudo-Christs. |