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Demonologist
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de·mon·ol·o·gy  (dm-nl-j)
n.
1. The study of demons.
2. Belief in or worship of demons.
3. A list or catalog of one's enemies: "As the years passed [the magazine's] demonology expanded to include Bolsheviks, radicals, Franklin D. Roosevelt, the New Deal, Government work programs or aid programs of any kind" (Maggie Nichols).
demon·o·logic (--ljk), demon·o·logi·cal (--kl) adj.
demon·olo·gist n.
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If the visionary is considered credible they will ultimately be questioned by one or more demonologists and exorcists to exclude the possibility that Satan is hiding behind the apparitions in order to deceive the faithful.
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