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Definition of Archfiends
1. archfiend [n] - See also: archfiend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Archfiends
Literary usage of Archfiends
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"0mm one side are bands of angels and archangels ; on the other companies of demons
and archfiends. Under the general name of Amesha Spentas ..."
2. The Warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, W.F. Hall Printing Company, A.C. McClurg & Company (1919)
"... of this royal warrior from the clutches of these archfiends you have but to
command the resources of a mighty nation, for all Kaol is at your disposal. ..."
3. Pahlavi Texts: Part I and II by Edward William West (1901)
"During that confusion the archfiends 3 of the demons severally shouted thus : '
Rise up, Í/W21 father of us ! for we will cause a conflict in the world, ..."
4. The Development of Africa by Arthur Silva White, Ernest George Ravenstein (1890)
"Islam has rooted up many ill weeds in Pagan territories and planted better seed ;
more especially it has been the enemy of the archfiends, Superstition and ..."