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satanhood

satanhood noun: the quality of being Satanic.

Noun

satanhood (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The quality of being Satanic.
    • When the Gospels are seen as an episode in anthropogeny, the Rabbi as a forerunner of a ripened humanity (ours being only pre-human), then Peter and Judas appear to have reached satanhood...1973, Carlo Suarès, The passion of Judas: a mystery play, page 16
    • The viability of a visible sainthood posits the viability of a visible satanhood; the Salem experience was the realization of both the cleavage dealt by the doctrine of the elect and the attenuation of charisma, now reconcentrated and expressed as an embodied defilement […]1984, August J. Nigro, The diagonal line: separation and reparation in American literature

Origin of satanhood

From Satan + -hood.

Questions about satanhood

What does satanhood mean?
Satanhood means the quality of being Satanic.
What part of speech is satanhood?
Satanhood is a noun.

Words near satanhood in the dictionary

  1. Satanas
  2. Satanazes
  3. Satandidit
  4. satang
  5. satangs
  6. satanhood
  7. Satanian
  8. Satanians
  9. satanic
  10. Satanic Bible
  11. satanic mill

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