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- proper noun religion, Christianity The
Devil ;Satan .
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Examples
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The Fables living in the mundane (as in our) world are refugees -- they left the Homelands to escape the wrath of a man they call the Adversary (the woodcarver Geppetto, who had conquered all the magical worlds with his wooden soldiers), but they weren't able to escape him entirely, and so they've had to go to war.
Will ‘Fables’ #75 Be ‘Happily Ever After?’ Bill Willingham Drops Hints In Our Exclusive Interview 2008
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It will be observed that as the principle on which we are to "agree" with this "Adversary" is not here specified, and the precise nature of the retribution that is to light upon the despisers of this warning is not to be gathered from the mere use of the word "prison"; so, the remedilessness of the punishment is not in so many words expressed, and still less is its actual cessation taught.
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Not because it is linked to the former 'Adversary' - Datuk Kalimullah.
The Malay Male 2009
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Not because it is linked to the former 'Adversary' - Datuk Kalimullah.
The Malay Male 2009
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Currently she is being handed a golden-haired male baby we will call the Adversary, Destroyer of Kings, Angel of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Dragon, Prince of This World, Father of Lies, Spawn of Satan, and Lord of Darkness.
pyxopotamus Diary Entry pyxopotamus 2008
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BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN – The infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile when a savage creature known as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales.
Loads of Loeb 2007
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We believe as you do that the Adversary is the moving spirit behind this whole Lithian crisis; but we do not believe that any repudiation of dogma is required.
A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953
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We believe as you do that the Adversary is the moving spirit behind this whole Lithian crisis; but we do not believe that any repudiation of dogma is required.
A Case Of Conscience Blish, James 1953
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Enters Satan (whom we had better call the Adversary) from his sphere of inspection, the Earth, and reports.
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Enters Satan (whom we had better call the Adversary) from his sphere of inspection, the Earth, and reports.
On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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