单词 | demoniacal possession |
释义 | > as lemmasdemoniacal possession demoniacal possession n. = demonic possession n. at demonic adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [noun] > familiar or possessing spirit > possession by wood dreameOE demoniacal possession1601 possession1601 obsession1607 pythonism1654 demoniac possession1698 endiablementa1734 endemoniasm1751 demon possession1838 demonic possession1853 spirit possession1854 bedevilment1861 diabolepsy1886 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 238 The silly beholders (surprised before with an inueterate opinion of Demoniacall possessions) are easily brought to intertaine for infallible truth, that the partie is (in deed) essentiallie possessed with some Spirit or Diuell. 1681 H. Hallywell Melampronoea 78 A notable instance of a Demoniacal possession. 1775 H. Farmer Ess. Demoniacs New Test. i. 91 I have not been able to find any case of (what was called) demoniacal possession, that was not attended with some disorder of the understanding. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 175/1 Demoniacal possession is a widely spread explanation of such psychopathological conditions as epilepsy, somnambulism, hysteria, &c. 2003 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 10 During the set she moves from an expression of rapturous surrender to grotesque demoniacal possession, her tongue rasping from her mouth like a serpent. < as lemmas |
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