phantasma
noun
phantasmata
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pluralof phantasma.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He decided at last to extinguish it, and repeated the stanza he had already heard sung that evening in chapel: Procul recedant somnia Et noctium phantasmata, Hostemque nostrum comprime, Ne polluantur corpora.
From En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
Somnambulism and other nocturnal deceptions frequently lend their aid to the formation of such phantasmata as are formed in this middle state, betwixt sleeping and waking.
From Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Sir Walter Scott
The phantasmata vary, but the invisible what?—or who?—remains the same.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
If you know anything of ecclesiastical Latin, the words noctium phantasmata may perhaps occur to you, and the whole field of demonology in connection with the Fraternity will open before you.
From Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer by Arthur Edward Waite
