satanophany

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noun

An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon, or the state of being thus possessed.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

nounsatanophany (usually uncountable, plural satanophanies)

plural satanophanies

  1. uncountableusuallyAn incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon, or the state of being thus possessed.

    In both intervenes a supernatural element; in original sin satanophany, and in redemption theandria. But even here there is analogy with reason, for satanophany and theandria represent the two extreme links of creation.

    1861, Orestes Brownson, “Philosophy of Revelation”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review

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