† demoniasmn.
Obsolete.
= demonianism n. Also occasionally: belief in or worship of demons (cf. demonism n.).
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > possession by > doctrine of
demoniasm1753
demonianism1763
1753 W. Warburton Princ. Nat. & Revealed Relig. I. vi. 265 What remained, but to ascribe both [Roman Catholic and Protestant opinions], to enthusiasm or demoniasm?
1784 J. Ramsay Ess. Treatm. & Conversion Afr. Slaves iv. 201 All popular religions, in the conception of their more vulgar votaries, are, therefore, a species of demoniasm.
1835 W. Osburn Doctrinal Errors Apostolical & Early Fathers v. 51 They [sc. demons] are able to possess themselves of the bodies of men..; and of their mental faculties, in the case of demoniasm.
1842 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 374/1 But this is now no more believed..than magic, demoniasm, or ghosts.
1856 Church of Eng. Mag. 26 Apr. 265/1 If the belief of demoniasm had been only a vulgar error, the wise men of that age would soon have exposed it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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n.1753- to fetch at the doors of
- to fetch away
- to fetch down
- to fetch far or higher
- to fetch get into the wake of
- to fetch get the wake of
- to fetch have the wake of
- to fetch headway or sternway
- to fetch in
- to fetch law of
- to fetch of, upon
- to fetch off
- to fetch one's birr
- to fetch one's course
- to fetch one's feeze
- to fetch or take feeze
- to fetch or take one's feeze
- to fetch out
- to fetch over
- to fetch round
- to fetch the farm
- to fetch the pump
- to fetch the wake of
- to fetch the water
- to fetch through