demonistn.
/ˈdiːmənɪst/, U.S. /ˈdimənəst/ 1. A believer in or worshipper of demons; spec. a person who believes in the existence of the Devil (cf. ademonist n.).
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society > faith > worship > kinds of worship > [noun] > of devils, demons, or the Devil > practitioner of
Satanist1559
demoniacal1565
demonist1610
Belialist1617
Apollyonist1627
demonomist1638
Satanite1675
diabolonian1682
draconist1684
demoniast1726
devil-worshipper1790
demonolater1850
thelemite1973
1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xv. xxiii. 564 Psellus affirmeth out of one Marke a great Dæmonist [L. ex Marco quodam dæmonicarum rerum maxime gnaro], that the deuills cast forth sperme, producing diuerse little creatures.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature VI. xcvi. 194 The latitudinarian declares all those who are for positive precepts in religion, to be nothing more nor less than demonists.
1852 T. Carlyle tr. H. W. J. Thiersch Hist. Christian Church I. i. i. 83 In the mouth of a Jew, Samaritan, and sorcerer, or demonist, were synonymous.
1900 Freethinker 23 Dec. 806/1 The Demonist and the Ademonist are in the same class with the Theist and Atheist.
1995 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 Aug. c6/5 A hairy, pot-bellied demonist with a terrible temper, leads a cult of evil.
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1699 Ld. Shaftesbury Inq. conc. Virtue i. i. 8 To believe this one single Mind, or these many Minds, are not absolutely and necessarily good in their nature, but are vitious and unjust, is to be a Dæmonist.
1713 A. Collins Disc. Free-thinking ii. 39 They are more properly to be stil'd Demonists than Theists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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