How to Use demonology in a Sentence

demonology

noun
  • One critic has gone so far as to call Moby-Dick a study in demonology.
    — Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • In the demonology of the left, the Kochs are tantamount to Satan.
    — Jeff Jacoby, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • To answer these questions, and more, the Cut spoke to witches and demonology experts.
    — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 15 June 2018
  • Crow wrote a thesis on demonology and exorcism while in seminary.
    — Warren Kulo | [email protected], al, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Crow wrote a thesis on demonology and exorcism while in seminary.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Magic words and letters play their part in these dogmas of demonology, which dip far down into the glooming depths of human credulity.
    — Robert Shackleton, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • It’s offset by some of Forrer’s wilder modern images, some also drawn from Greek myths or demonology.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Sep. 2021
  • Outside the realm of personal demonology and in the court of pop culture, Idol has a lot of other pals in 2022.
    — Roy Trakin, Variety, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The Veil — as in the veil between the living and the dead — focuses on voodoo, demonology, witchcraft and other ways of interactions with the spirit world.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Ethnographers recorded various accounts of all aspects of village life at the time, and demonology figures show up prominently.
    — Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian, 28 Oct. 2017
  • Lilith became the subject of numerous tales during the Middle Ages, a period rife with demonology and superstition.
    — Roy Schwartz, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • This emphasis on demonology — that evil spirits may attach themselves to us — seems to have been particularly important to Chad and Lori Daybell.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
  • Returning to the series’ roots, the new movie opens on Ed and Lorraine Warren, characters based on real-life husband-and-wife consultants of demonology and witchcraft.
    — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 28 June 2019
  • At least, that’s the impression given by the Liber Revelationum, a book of demonology written by Abbot Richalm of Schöntal.
    — JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Thomas utilizes the genre to tell this story that uses Jewish lore and demonology to talk about memory, catharsis and trauma; Davis’ incredible performance brings a deeply sad and rueful element to the film.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2021
  • The 92-year-old Soros must be working around the clock in a frenzy of diabolical conspiracies to justify his starring role in GOP demonology.
    — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Speakers will discuss demonology, ghosts, UFOs, monsters, urban legends and cryptozoology.
    — Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 29 Sep. 2022

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