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demonology
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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.
demonology
Noun
the study of demons or demonic beliefs [demon + -logy]
demonology
1. the study of demons or superstitions about demons.
2. the doctrine of demons. Also demonography. — demonologist, n. — demonologic, demonological, adj.
See also: Demons
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64) On the one hand, the demonologists (and, following them, generations of historians) may have emphasized the pact with the Devil, but in general the law put equal emphasis on harmful magic, while commoners, as already noted, were far more interested in this aspect of the crime than its theological implications.
Witchcraft, female aggression, and power in the early modern community by Bever, Edward / Journal of Social History
A common argument invoked by the demonologists was that the devil had taken the form of a snake in the Garden of Eden and thus could take any shape he chose.
The diabolical adventures of Don Quixote, or self-Exorcism and the ... by Kallendorf, Hilaire / Renaissance Quarterly
First, Hesnard, like contemporary Catholic demonologists, accepts the reality of the nouement, but emphasizes more strongly that it is a trick of the devil played on those of wavering faith.
Magical emasculation, popular anticlericalism, and the limits of the ... by Robbins, Kevin C. / Journal of Social History
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