单词 | demonurgy |
释义 | demonurgyn. rare. A (supposed) form of sorcery in which demons are invoked; black magic. Cf. theurgy n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > [noun] > involving demons or black magic devilshineOE artemagea1393 art magica1393 devilry1487 goety1569 black art1572 black magic1590 diabolism1614 demonomancy1652 goetic1727 diablerie1751 demonomagy1765 demonurgy1797 1797 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 24 509 Agrippa and his friends had a taste for the occult sciences, for alchemy, divination, dæmonurgy, and astrology. 1909 H. E. Sampson Progressive Redempt. v. 531 The depraved bloody rites of the infamous Phœnician demonurgy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1797 |
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