satanophanyn.
/ˌseɪtnˈɒfəni/, /ˌseɪtnˈɒfn̩i/, U.S. /ˌseɪtnˈɑfəni/ rare.
The appearance, manifestation, or earthly incarnation of Satan; an instance of this.
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1861 tr. V. Gioberti in Brownson's Q. Rev. July 314 In both intervenes a supernatural element; in original sin satanophany [It. satanofania], and in redemption theandria... In satanophany the human race touches the lowest grade, moral nullity, fallen beings, degraded (Satan) from an anterior cosmos (the angelic).
1892 Nation 4 Feb. 91/1 As to the ass,..it is believed that he brays because he has a vision of Satan, a Satanophany.
1896 E. B. Gordon A. J. Gordon xxiii. 325 No theory can explain this grotesque satanophany, this incredible perversion of early Christianity.
1976 N.Y. Times 25 July 57/2 Not since ‘Rosemary's Baby’ and ‘The Exorcist’ has satanophany paid off as lucratively as it's currently doing with ‘The Omen’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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