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Definition of Demoniacal
1. Adjective. Frenzied as if possessed by a demon. "A berserk worker smashing windows"
Similar to: Insane
Derivative terms: Demoniac
Definition of Demoniacal
1. Adjective. Pertaining to, characteristic of, or produced by a demon or evil spirit; devilish or fiendish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demoniacal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demoniacal
Literary usage of Demoniacal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of New England by John Gorham Palfrey, Francis Winthrop Palfrey (1897)
"But this result of careful thought is certainly not the state of mind or the
great majority of those who now demoniacal are swift to reject as essentially ..."
2. The Psychological Phenomena of Christianity by George Barton Cutten (1908)
"CHAPTER X Demoniacal POSSESSION "Diseased nature oft-times breaks forth ...
IN some form demoniacal possession is accepted by many Christian people to-day. ..."
3. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"FROM "Demoniacal POSSESSION" TO INSANITY. I. THEOLOGICAL IDEAS OF LUNACY AND ITS
... On the general attribution of disease to demoniacal influence, ..."
4. A History of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom v. 2 by Andrew Dickson White (1897)
"FROM "Demoniacal POSSESSION" TO INSANITY. I. THEOLOGICAL IDEAS OF LUNACY AND ITS
... On the general attribution of disease to demoniacal influence, ..."
5. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Gospel According to St. Luke by Alfred Plummer (1902)
"In considering the question of demoniacal possession we must never lose sight of the
... If the demons were not there, and demoniacal possession is a ..."
6. Evenings with the skeptics; or, Free discussion on free thinkers by John Owen (1881)
"Demoniacal possession may be regarded as a crude expression of the physical nature
or affinities of moral evil, and hence coming within the scope of ..."
7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Possession, Demoniacal.—Man is in various ways subject to the influence of evil
spirits. By original sm he brought himself into " captivity under the power ..."
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