demonology
Americannoun
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the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
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belief in demons.
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a group of persons or things regarded as evil or pernicious.
noun
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Also called: demonism. the study of demons or demonic beliefs
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a set of people or things that are disliked or held in low esteem
the place occupied by Hitler in contemporary demonology
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Origin of demonology
Example Sentences
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This is when Mortensen began to produce his best and strangest work, the "Pictorial History of Witchcraft and Demonology."
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2014
King James the First published his Dialogues on Demonology in three books.
From A Legacy to the Friends of Free Discussion by Offen, Benjamin
Like all Bodin's works, it has a spirit peculiarly his own, and is, in my opinion, one of the most entertaining books to be found in the circle of Demonology.
From Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, fl. 1612-1618
Sir Walter Scott spent a night in the “hoary old pile” when he was about twenty years old, and gives a striking relation of his experiences in his Demonology and Witchcraft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various
Demonology is to such a degree the ruling point of view in Christian apologetics that it would be absurd to make a collection from these writings of utterances with an atheistic ring.
From Atheism in Pagan Antiquity by Andersen, Ingeborg
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