Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In occultism, the spirit of evil personified; the devil.
- noun [capitalized] In zoology, a genus of marsupials, containing the ursine dasyure or Tasmanian devil, Dasyurus or Sarcophilus ursinus.
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Examples
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But there is one thing far worse, one interval so dark, so demonic, so dissonant that it can only be called the diabolus in musica, the devil's interval.
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Even the tritone that opens "Black Sabbath" (duh duhnn ddddduuuun) has been historically called diabolus in musica ( "the Devil in music").
NPR Topics: News 2010
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Even the tritone that opens "Black Sabbath" (duh duhnn ddddduuuun) has been historically called diabolus in musica ( "the Devil in music").
NPR Topics: News 2010
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In fact, the diminished fifth (or augmented fourth) was referred to as the diabolus in musica (literally, 'the devil in music'), as was believed to represent Satan.
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In fact, the diminished fifth (or augmented fourth) was referred to as the diabolus in musica (literally, 'the devil in music'), as was believed to represent Satan.
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In fact, the diminished fifth (or augmented fourth) was referred to as the diabolus in musica (literally, 'the devil in music'), as was believed to represent Satan.
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Shall we once again ban the use of the tri-tone, called the diabolus in musica or devil’s tone?
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Ursus diabolus est : "The bear is Satan," he wrote.
The History of a Fallen King Jonathan Sumption 2011
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It derives from the Medieval Latin term advocātus diabolī from the Latin diabolus, someone who would argue against the canonization or beatification of a saint.
Attorney, Lawyer, Barrister, Solicitor and Notary (English) Rene Meertens 2010
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It derives from the Medieval Latin term advocātus diabolī from the Latin diabolus, someone who would argue against the canonization or beatification of a saint.
Archive 2010-03-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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