demonic possession
noun
The state or condition of a person (supposedly) being inhabited and controlled by a demon; an instance of this.
- Formerly thought to be the cause of mental illness and of certain physical illnesses, especially epilepsy..
Origin
Mid 19th century.
- teaching machine
- teach one's grandmother to suck eggs
- teach school
- teach someone a lesson
- Teachta Dála
- tea cloth
- death knell
- deathless
- deathlessness
- death light
- deathlike
- deathliness
- deathling
- deathly
- death march
- death mask
- death match
- death metal
- death moth
- death notice
- death-obsessed
- death-or-glory
- death penalty
- death penny
- death pile