† demonarchn.

Forms: 1600s–1700s demonarch, 1700s daemonarch.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin daemonarches.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin daemonarches (a1540; compare earlier daemoniarches (4th cent.)) < daemon demon n. + -arches -arch comb. form¹. Compare earlier demonarchy n. Compare also diabolarch n.

Obsolete.

A ruler of demons; a chief demon, esp. the Devil.figurative (derogatory) in quot. 1670.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > rule of > ruler of

demonarch1670

1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II Pref. sig. b2 That Hierarchie, and Supremacie assumed by the Pope, that great Demonarch.

1737 W. Whiston Acct. Dæmoniacks 46 Trismegistus terms him [sc. the Devil], the Dæmonarch [Prince of Dæmons].

1778 H. Farmer Lett. to Rev. Dr. Worthington ii. 46 Samael was demonarch of the superior order of demons.

1778 H. Farmer Lett. to Rev. Dr. Worthington ii. 47 The false supposition, that the Jews held only one prince of demons; and that demonarch was a term never applied by them to any but the devil.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	demonarch
释义	† demonarchn. Forms: 1600s–1700s demonarch, 1700s daemonarch. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin daemonarches. Etymology: < post-classical Latin daemonarches (a1540; compare earlier daemoniarches (4th cent.)) < daemon demon n. + -arches -arch comb. form¹. Compare earlier demonarchy n. Compare also diabolarch n. Obsolete. A ruler of demons; a chief demon, esp. the Devil.figurative (derogatory) in quot. 1670. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > rule of > ruler of demonarch1670 1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II Pref. sig. b2 That Hierarchie, and Supremacie assumed by the Pope, that great Demonarch. 1737 W. Whiston Acct. Dæmoniacks 46 Trismegistus terms him [sc. the Devil], the Dæmonarch [Prince of Dæmons]. 1778 H. Farmer Lett. to Rev. Dr. Worthington ii. 46 Samael was demonarch of the superior order of demons. 1778 H. Farmer Lett. to Rev. Dr. Worthington ii. 47 The false supposition, that the Jews held only one prince of demons; and that demonarch was a term never applied by them to any but the devil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1670
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