单词 | demonography |
释义 | demonographyn. The study or description of demons or other aspects of the occult. Cf. demonology n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > demonology demonology1597 diabolism1608 diabology1693 diablerie1726 devilry1737 diabolology1831 demonography1852 1852 P. Godwin Hand-bk. Universal Biogr. 566/2 He [sc. the 17th-cent. French priest Pierre de Lancre] wrote two curious works on demonography. 1920 L. Spence Encycl. Occultism 68/2 It is a satire on the demonography of the times. 1996 R. F. Campany Strange Writing iii. 122 There arose..a genre of demonography—texts depicting the names and forms of usually malevolent, marginal spirit-beings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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