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Definition of Demonesses
1. demoness [n] - See also: demoness
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demonesses
Literary usage of Demonesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"They were all demonesses of a low order. The Germanic Mother Corn was called die
grosse Hure. It follows from the facts adduced that there were female ..."
2. A Philosophical Dictionary by Voltaire (1824)
"And if there be demons, there are probably demonesses; for to be consistent ...
it must follow that we effect the same thing on the demonesses. ..."
3. Pahlavi Texts by Edward William West (1882)
"... and the good angels vanquish 1 Probably referring to the five fiends, or
demonesses, which are the special embodiments of each man's evil passions, ..."
4. Pahlavi Texts: Part I and II by Edward William West (1901)
"... and the good angels vanquish 1 Probably referring to the five fiends, or
demonesses, which are the special embodiments of each man's evil passions, ..."
5. India, Its Life and Thought by John Peter Jones (1908)
"not come to destroy your religion; we will take your demons and demonesses, marry
them to our gods, and give them shrines and worship in our temples. ..."
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