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demonomachy

demonomachy noun: a battle between or against demons or devils.

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

Forms of demonomachy

pluraldemonomachies

Origin of demonomachy

From demono- + -machy.

Questions about demonomachy

What does demonomachy mean?
Demonomachy means a battle between or against demons or devils.
What part of speech is demonomachy?
Demonomachy is a noun.
What is the plural of demonomachy?
The plural of demonomachy is demonomachies.

Words near demonomachy in the dictionary

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

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