demonry

demonry

English

Etymology

From demon +‎ -ry.

Noun

demonry (plural demonries)

1. demonic activity, influence, or possession
   • 1826, Joanna Baillie, The Martyr

     Were he in Parthia, our great god, the sun,
     Or rather he who in that star resides,
     Would not permit his power to be so thwarted,
     For all the demonry that e'er exerted
     Its baleful influence on wretched men

References

• demonry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913