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demonomachies

demonomachies is the plural of demonomachy.

Meaning of demonomachy

Noun

demonomachy (plural demonomachies)

  1. (rare) A battle between or against demons or devils.
    • For other conceptual symmetries are apparent between the overall patterning of Christian history and the notion that devils could both take possession of and be forced out of individual Christians. They stem from the depiction of the whole historical process as a demonomachy and its subdivision...1997, Stuart Clark, “Possession, Exorcism, and History”, in Thinking with Demons: The Idea of Witchcraft in Early Modern Europe, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 411

Questions about demonomachies

What is demonomachies the plural of?
Demonomachies is the plural of demonomachy.

Words near demonomachies in the dictionary

  1. demonologically
  2. demonologies
  3. demonologist
  4. demonologists
  5. demonology
  6. demonomachies
  7. demonomachy
  8. demonomagy
  9. demonomancy
  10. demonomania
  11. demonomaniac

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