Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In Abrahamic religions, a powerful spiritual being, the tempter and persecutor of humanity, sometimes considered as an angel who rebelled against God and became the Devil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The chief evil spirit; the great adversary of man; the devil. See
devil . - noun Synonyms Apollyon. See definition of Belial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun religion The
supreme evil spirit in theAbrahamic religions, whotempts humanity and rulesHell ; theDevil . - proper noun religion The same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
- proper noun A
person oranimal regarded as particularly malignant,detestable or evil; used as an epithet or as a name for an animal. - noun countable A
demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); afallen angel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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'In further _token_ of their subiection unto Satan in yeelding vp themselues wholy vnto his deuotion, behold yet _another ceremony_ heere vsually is performed: namely, _to let themselues bloud_ in some apparant place of the body, yeelding the same to be _sucked by Satan_, as a _sacrifice_ vnto him, and testifying thereby the full
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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One sign declared DWIN WITE U.S.A., a worse spelling error than the 1999 banner—my favorite—that mangled the word Satan to declare: “Down with the Great Stain!”
Let the Swords Encircle Me Scott Peterson 2010
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Until the Roman Christian era the term Satan had no sinister connotation whatsoever, and in biblical times, members of a political opposition party would have customarily been called “satans”
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Until the Roman Christian era the term Satan had no sinister connotation whatsoever, and in biblical times, members of a political opposition party would have customarily been called “satans”
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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The term Satan signifies an adversary, and is applied to any angel sent upon an errand of punishment For example, Numbers xxii.
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old George Bethune English 1807
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Thus we see, that the term Satan is in the Old Testament applied to any Angel of the Lord sent upon an errand of punishment.
The Grounds of Christianity Examined by Comparing The New Testament with the Old George Bethune English 1807
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Ortega "attributed the offenses to his drug and alcohol use in addition to the voice in his head, which he identified as Satan," according to court documents.
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Ortega "attributed the offenses to his drug and alcohol use in addition to the voice in his head, which he identified as Satan," according to court documents.
WLEX - LEX 18 News 2009
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Judging by past similar affairs with people of his type, pretty soon the name "Satan" is bound to come up in this farce.
CNN Truth Squad: No eye care until you're blind in one eye? 2009
hernesheir commented on the word Satan
A genus of blind, subterranean, and troglobitic catfish named by Hubbs & Bailey in 1947.
June 27, 2010