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devildom|ˈdɛv(ə)ldəm|
[f. devil + -dom.]
1. The dominion, rule, or sway of the (or a) devil; exercise of diabolic power.
1694S. Johnson Notes Past. Lett. Bp. Burnet i. 5 The true Art of spelling all the Oppressions and Devildoms in the World out of the pregnant word King. 1856Mrs. Browning Aur. Leigh ii. Poems 1890 VI. 73 A commination, or, at best, An exorcism against the devildom Which plainly held me. 1893R. Kipling Many Invent. 207 It was witchcraft,—witchcraft and devildom.
2. The domain of the devil; the realm or estate of devils; the condition of devils.
1825Coleridge in Pall Mall G. 27 May (1887) 5/2 Depressed by day and wandering all night thro' the Swedenborgian Devildom. 1828F. A. Kemble Let. in Record of Girlhood (1878) I. viii. 226, I have been revelling in that divine devildom, ‘Faust’. 1847O. A. Brownson Two Brothers Wks. VI. 268 All motleydom and all devildom had broken loose. 1892T. Wright Blue Firedrake 197 Never surely were more repulsive hags in all devildom. |