satanophany

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English

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Etymology

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From Satan + -phany.

Noun

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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

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