demonographer

plural demonographers

1. Synonym of demonologist.

   Bodin, the medieval demonographer, enumerates various methods of producing anaphrodisiac effects by enchantments.

   1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 89

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   Wierus (Johann Wier or Weier, 1515-'88, physician to the duke of Cleves, opponent of belief in sorcery), demonographer, his infernal court, V. 794, 2 c.

   1884, The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, volume 1

   'Wicrus' is the Latinized form of the name of Johann Weier or Wier, a sixteenth-century physician and demonographer.

   1961, Maurice Bouisson, Magic: its history and principal rites, page 180

   Many of the demonographers Naudé cites, especially Weyer and Bodin, dispute the causes while affirming the Malleus maleficarum's opinion that women are more prone to cooperating with demons than are men.

   2003, Lee Palmer Wandel, History Has Many Voices, page 19

   Synonyms: demonologist