satanophany

English

Etymology

From Satan + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to appear”).

Noun

satanophany (usually uncountable, plural satanophanies)

1. An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon, or the state of being thus possessed.
   • 1861, Orestes Brownson, “Philosophy of Revelation”, in Brownson's Quarterly Review:

     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.

References

“satanophany”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.