Satanophany

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon, or the state of being thus possessed. uncountable, usually

    "In both intervenes a supernatural element; in original sin satanophany, and in redemption theandria. But even here there is analogy with reason, for satanophany and theandria represent the two extreme links of creation."

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"In both intervenes a supernatural element; in original sin satanophany, and in redemption theandria. But even here there is analogy with reason, for satanophany and theandria represent the two extreme links of creation."

Etymology

From Satan + -phany.

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