demonomy

noun

demonomy

noun

Etymology Apparently formed within English, from demono- + -nomy.

1

Obsolete The dominion of demons; devilry

  • But theſe Iavans are drunck in their demonomy; they the more earneſtly imbrace it, by how much their poyſoned natures abhorre honeſty.1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, “Of Iava major”, in Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. […], 2nd edition, London: […] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book III, page 325:
Derived terms
demonomist

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