theolepsyn.
/ˈθiːəʊlɛpsi/ rare.
Seizure or possession by a deity, inspiration.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > activities of god(s) > possession
theolepsy1886
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession
possession1601
fanaticism1708
demonomania1800
demonopathy1846
theolepsy1886
mafufunyana1952
1886 H. Maudsley Nat. Causes & Supernat. Seemings 315 Neither theolepsy, nor diabolepsy, nor any other lepsy in the sense of possession of the individual by an external power.
Derivatives
theoˈleptic n. [ < Greek θεοληπτικός adjective.] one possessed or inspired by a deity.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > possession > person
demoniacc1405
diabolicalc1547
phantic1605
possessed1657
demonomaniac1831
diaboleptic1879
theoleptic1881
1881 W. Alexander Speaker's Comm. New Test. IV. 332/2 The streets of Ephesus were full of theoleptics and convulsionaries.
1886 H. Maudsley Nat. Causes & Supernat. Seemings 222 The incoherent utterances which..the theoleptic..poured out under divine compulsion.
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