satanophany
English
Etymology
From Satan + Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to appear”).
Noun
satanophany (usually uncountable, plural satanophanies)
- 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.
- 1861, Orestes Brownson, "Philosophy of Revelation", in Brownson's Quarterly Review
References
satanophany in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913