d[ae]mon
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Demon \De"mon\, n. [F. d['e]mon, L. daemon a spirit, an evil
spirit, fr. Gr. dai`mwn a divinity; of uncertain origin.]
1. (Gr. Antiq.) A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a
middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.
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The demon kind is of an intermediate nature between
the divine and the human. --Sydenham.
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2. One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the
demon of Socrates. [Often written {d[ae]mon}.]
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3. An evil spirit; a devil.
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That same demon that hath gulled thee thus. --Shak.
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from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Daemon
the Greek form, rendered "devil" in the Authorized Version of
the New Testament. Daemons are spoken of as spiritual beings
(Matt. 8:16; 10:1; 12:43-45) at enmity with God, and as having a
certain power over man (James 2:19; Rev. 16:14). They recognize
our Lord as the Son of God (Matt. 8:20; Luke 4:41). They belong
to the number of those angels that "kept not their first
estate," "unclean spirits," "fallen angels," the angels of the
devil (Matt. 25:41; Rev. 12:7-9). They are the "principalities
and powers" against which we must "wrestle" (Eph. 6:12).
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
50 Moby Thesaurus words for "daemon":
Geist, Muse, afflatus, ancestral spirits, angel, attendant godling,
atua, control, creative thought, creativity, daimonion, demon,
divine afflatus, evil spirits, fairy godmother, familiar,
familiar spirit, fire of genius, genius, genius domus, genius loci,
good angel, good genius, guardian, guardian angel, guardian spirit,
guide, household gods, inspiration, intelligence, invisible helper,
lares and penates, lares compitales, lares familiaris,
lares permarini, lares praestites, lares viales, manes,
ministering angel, numen, penates, soul, special providence,
specter, spirit, supernatural being, talent, totem, tutelar god,
tutelary
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