demonagoguen.
/dᵻˈmɒnəɡɒɡ/, U.S. /dəˈmɑnəˌɡɑɡ/ rare.
A medicine used to exorcize a demon. Cf. demonifuge n.In quot. 1905 perhaps echoing quot. 1790.
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society > faith > worship > exorcism > [noun] > means of achieving
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > exorcism of > means of achieving
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1790 J. Ferriar in Mem. Literary & Philos. Soc. Manch. 3 74 Dr. Thoner extols mercurius vitæ, as remarkably useful in expelling preternatural substances from the body... Almost every man had his favourite demonagogue.
1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Oct. 1048/1 The treatment of the effects of witchcraft was so frequently called for in medical practice that almost every therapeutist had his own favourite demonagogue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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