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Webster 1913 Edition

Demonology

Deˊmon-ol′o-gy

(?; 277)

,

Noun.

[

Demon

+

-logy

: cf. F.

démonologie

.]

A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations.

Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition

Demonology

DEMONOLOGY

,

Noun.

[Gr. Demon and discourse.] A discourse on demons; a treatise on evil spirits. So King James entitled his book concerning witches.

Definition 2024

demonology

demonology

English

Noun

demonology ‎(plural demonologies)

The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.
- 1990, Terry Pratchett, Eric, p 27,
  But it wasn't all that strange, because any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons.

Synonyms

demonlore

Derived terms

demonologist

Translations

study of demons

Arabic:
Armenian: դիվաբանություն (hy) ‎(divabanutʿyun)
Bulgarian: демонология f ‎(demonológija)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鬼神學 (zh), 鬼神学 (zh) ‎(guǐshénxué), 魔鬼研究 ‎(móguǐ yánjiū), 惡魔學, 恶魔学 ‎(èmóxué)
Danish: dæmonologi c
Dutch: demonologie (nl) f
Esperanto: demonologio
Finnish: demonologia (fi)
French: démonologie (fr) f
German: Dämonologie (de) f
Hebrew:
Hindi:
Hungarian: demonológia
Icelandic:

Ido: demonologio (io)
Italian: demonologia (it) f
Japanese: 悪魔学 ‎(akumagaku)
Khmer: ភូតវិទ្យា ‎(pʰuut vityie)
Korean:
Norwegian:
Polish: demonologia (pl) f
Portuguese: demonologia f
Russian: демоноло́гия (ru) f ‎(demonológija)
Serbo-Croatian: demonologija (sh) f
Spanish: demonología f
Swedish: demonologi
Thai: มารวิทยา
Turkish: demonoloji, iblis bilimi
Vietnamese: