demoness (demones)

[ The Sic he mites... had a godde or demone , under the name of Jephthah's daughter. J. Mede , Apostasy of Latter Times, p. 31. demonetization (de-mon"e-ti-zā'shon), n . [ demonetize + -ation ; = F.démonétisation .] The act of demonetizing; the condition of being demonetized. Also spelled demonetisation . The object to be accomplished, by diminishing the amount of legal-tender paper, is precisely the same object which was sought to be accomplished by the demonetiza tion of silver. N. A. Rev. , CXXVII. 119. demonetize (dē-mon'e-tiz), v. t.; pret. and pp. demonetized, ppr. demonetizing. [L. de- priv. + moneta, money, + E. -ize; = F.démonétiser. ] To divest of standard monetary value; withdraw from use as money; deprive of the character of money. Also spelled demonetise. They (gold mohurs] have been completely demonetized by the [East India] Company. Cobden. Germany and England, in demonetizing silver, have created a money pre ure there unparalleled in our times. N. A. Rev. , CXLIII. 101. demoniac (dē-mō'ni-ak), a. and n. [ He, all unarm'd, Shall chase thee, with the terrour of his voice, From thy demoniack holds. Milton , P. R., iv. 628. Demoniac phrensy, moping melancholy. Milton , P. L., xi. 485. 3. Of the character of a demon; acting as if po e ed by demons; wild; frantic; extremely wicked or cruel. II. n. 1. One who is supposed to be po e ed by a demon; one whose volition and other mental faculties seem to be overpowered, restrained, or disturbed in their regular operation by an evil spirit; specifically, a luna tic. Raving and blaspheming ince antly, like a demoniac, Macaulay, Hist. Eng. he came to the court. In the synagogue was a demoniac , a lunatic with that dual consciousne which sprang out of a real or sup posed po e ion by an evil spirit. G. P. Fisher, Begin. of Christianity, p. 437. 2. [ cap.] One of a section of the Anabaptists who maintained that the devils would ultimately be saved. Imp. Dict. demoniacal (dē-mō-ni'a-kal), a. Of demoniac character or origin; like a demon; demoniac. -Demoniacal po e ion, po e ion by demons or evil spirits. In the New Testament, especially the Gospels, persons are spoken of as being po e ed with devils. By the Rationalistic school of writers these are regarded as insane persons, whose condition the popular belief of the time ascribed to the influence of evil spirits; by evangelical writers it is believed that evil spirits actually exercised a controlling influence over the spirits of men in the time of Christ, and that his superior power was attested by casting these evil spirits out. demoniacally (de-mō-ni'a-kal-i), adv. In a demoniacal manner; as a demoniac. demoniacism (dē-mō-nī'a-sizm), n. [ demonial (dē-mō'ni-al), a. [ IMG:content-2346.png:[blocks in formation] -i-kal), a. Pertaining to demonology. demons. Cudworth , Intellectual System, p. 264. demonian (dē-mō'ni-an), a . [As demonial + -an.] Having the qualities or characteristics of a demon. [Rare.] Demonian spirits now, from the element Each of his reign allotted, right lier call'd Powers of fire, air, water, and earth beneath. Milton , P. R., ii. 122.