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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The study of demons.
  • noun Belief in demons.
  • noun A list or catalog of one's enemies.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A discourse or treatise on demons; an account of evil spirits and their character, agency, etc.
  • noun The study of popular superstitions concerning demons or evil spirits.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A treatise on demons; a supposititious science which treats of demons and their manifestations.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The study of demons, especially the incantations required to summon and control them.

Etymologies

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From demon +‎ -logy.

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