Demonology

//ˌdiːməˈnɒlədʒi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them. countable, uncountable

    "But it wasn't all that strange, because any wizard bright enough to survive for five minutes was also bright enough to realize that if there was any power in demonology, then it lay with the demons."

Synonyms

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black magicblack massdemonismdemonloredemonloredevil worship

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"In the demonology of the Middle Ages, Lilis was a famous witch, and is introduced as such in the Walpurgis night scene in Goethe’s “Faust.”"

Etymology

From demono- + -logy.

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