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单词 diabology
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diabologyn.

Brit. /ˌdʌɪəˈbɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌdaɪəˈbɑlədʒi/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French diabologie, diabolologie.
Etymology: < French diabologie (1558 in Middle French, in the passage translated in quot. 1693), alteration (by haplology) of diabolologie diabolology n. Compare post-classical Latin diabologia (1566 or earlier). Compare earlier diabological adj. and later diabolology n.
The branch of study concerned with devils or the Devil; a set of beliefs or branch of study concerning devils or the Devil.
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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).
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