demonomy

English

Etymology

Apparently formed within English, from demono- +‎ -nomy.[1]

Noun

demonomy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The dominion of demons; devilry
    • 1638, Tho[mas] Herbert, “Of Iava major”, in Some Yeares Travels Into Divers Parts of Asia and Afrique. [], 2nd edition, London: [] R[ichard] Bi[sho]p for Iacob Blome and Richard Bishop, →OCLC, book III, page 325:
      But theſe Iavans are drunck in their demonomy; they the more earneſtly imbrace it, by how much their poyſoned natures abhorre honeſty.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ demonomy, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.