单词 | diabology |
释义 | diabologyn. The branch of study concerned with devils or the Devil; a set of beliefs or branch of study concerning devils or the Devil. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > demonology demonology1597 diabolism1608 diabology1693 diablerie1726 devilry1737 diabolology1831 demonography1852 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxiii. 192 According to the Doctrine of the said Diabology [Fr. (1558) diabologie, (1552) diabolologie]..they may suffer a Solution of Continuity..and cry out, like very Devils, at their Sense and Feeling of this Dissolution. 1807 Emerald 18 Apr. 185/1 The French king not believing in the conjuror's system of Diabology..told the prostrate suppliant, that [etc.]. 1869 O. W. Holmes in Lect. before Lowell Inst. Early Hist. Mass. (Mass. Hist. Soc.) viii. 291 Remember the theology and the diabology of the time. 1963 A. J. Krailsheimer Rabelais & Franciscans x. 113 He shows himself something of a connoisseur in diabology. 2009 W. S. Poole Satan in Amer. (2010) 224 The role of diabology in shaping the evangelical message. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1693 |
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