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单词 demonian
释义 demonian, a.|dɪˈməʊnɪən|
[f. L. dæmoni-um (see demon1) + -an.]
Of, relating to, or of the nature of, a demon or demons.
1671Milton P.R. ii. 122 Princes, Heaven's ancient sons, ethereal thrones, Demonian spirits now.1790H. Boyd Sheph. Lebanon in Poet. Reg. (1808) 146 Demonian visions.1833Thirlwall in Philol. Museum II. 582 So far as we can find our way in this truly dæmonian twilight.1840Tait's Mag. VII. 410 Against such dæmonian manifestations.
Hence deˈmonianism, the doctrine of demomiacal possession.
1741Warburton Div. Legat. ix. Wks. 1788 III. 775 An error, which so dreadfully affected the religion they were entrusted to propagate, as Demonianism did, if it were an error.1762Doctrine of Grace ii. vii. (1763) II. 161 To ascribe both to Enthusiasm or Demonianism. [Here some modern edd. have Demoniasm, which has thence passed into Latham and later Dicts.]
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