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satanology

satanology noun: the study of the devil.

Noun

satanology (uncountable)

  1. The study of the devil.
    • This new, magnified role of Satan heralded and paved the way for momentous transmutations in Jewish satanology — while in Job and Zechariah, Satan sought to incite Yahweh against man, in the First Book of Chronicles he had already moved man against Yahweh.2000, Yuri Stoyanov, The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy

Origin of satanology

From Satan + -ology.

Questions about satanology

What does satanology mean?
Satanology means the study of the devil.
What part of speech is satanology?
Satanology is a noun.

Words near satanology in the dictionary

  1. Satanize
  2. Satanized
  3. Satanizes
  4. Satanizing
  5. Satanniani
  6. satanology
  7. satanophanies
  8. satanophany
  9. Satanophobia
  10. satanous
  11. satans

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