incubuses
- plural of incubus.
Example Sentences
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For, as Apuleius informs us in his book concerning the Demon of Socrates, between the moon and the earth inhabit those spirits, which we will call incubuses.
From Old English Chronicles by Various
One of my friends made me laugh the other day, when, speaking of the pretended incubuses, he said that those who believed in them were not wise to marry.
From The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. by Christmas, Henry
