| 释义 |
demonical, a. Now rare or Obs.|dɪˈmɒnɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. = prec. 1.
1588J. Harvey Discours. Probl. 79 Without any..mixture of demonicall, or supernaturall Magique. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1299 That Typhon was some fiend or dæmonicall power. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 127 Falsly imputing this demonical illusion to divine revelation. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 334 Examples of demonicall familiars. 1820Examiner No. 621. 148/1 To attribute demonical properties to God. 1836J. H. Newman Par. Serm. (ed. 2) II. iii. 38 This divine inspiration was so far parallel to demonical possession.
†2. = demoniac 1. Obs.
1626L. Owen Spec. Jesuit. (1629) 43 The people..made no more account of her words than of a Demonical creature. |