archdevil
/ɑɹt͡ʃˈdɛvəl/
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rare/ɑɹt͡ʃˈdɛvɪl/
archdevil noun: a chief or reigning devil.
Noun
archdevil (plural archdevils)
- A chief or reigning devil.
- From the context and other parts of the work, we are to understand that the demons here described are the personal friends of our sovereign, and that the archdevil was the mother of our sovereign.1802, The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, Volume 12, Open Court Publishing Company, page 30
- In short, it is purely the work of the devil that they are doing, and especially that of the archdevil, who presides at Muhlhausen, and directs nothing but robbery, murder and bloodshed.1841, George Waddington, A History of the Reformation on the Continent: In Three Volumes, Duncan and Malcolm, page 155
Examples of archdevil in a sentence
- The language of Milton's archdevil "Evil, be thou my good" is the creed of modern reformers, or, in other words — anything for a change.1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers: With Brief...
- The bishops in question were described as archdevils, priests of Baal, standard-bearers of the Balaamites, and children of perdition.1896, Marvin Richardson Vincent, The Age of Hildebrand, Christian Literature Company, page 267:
Forms of archdevil
| plural | archdevils |
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Origin of archdevil
From arch- + devil.
Questions about archdevil
- What does archdevil mean?
- Archdevil means a chief or reigning devil.
- How do you use archdevil in a sentence?
- The language of Milton's archdevil "Evil, be thou my good" is the creed of modern reformers, or, in other words — anything for a change.
- What part of speech is archdevil?
- Archdevil is a noun.
- How do you pronounce archdevil?
- Archdevil is pronounced /ɑɹt͡ʃˈdɛvəl/.
- What is the plural of archdevil?
- The plural of archdevil is archdevils.
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