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Meanings of Devil in English
(Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.
Synonyms
Examples for "Satan"
Examples for "Satan"
1
Hundreds of years ago before the Children of Satan destroyed his castle.
2
And Satan rose up against Israel: and moved David to number Israel.
3
Thank you, Lord Satan, she said, not entirely pleased at this dismissal.
4
No wonder Satan doesn't want us to learn the truth about Heaven.
5
Far more likely it was the handiwork of one of Satan's avatars.
1
I think Old Nick ought to be Viscount Van, for alliteration sake.
2
So the dialogue opens between Old Nick and Nichol in the approved fashion:
3
Marks are still in the hillock last trod by Old Nick.
4
My dear Mr. Osborne, I am not afraid of the Old Nick himself.
5
And leave Old Nick unable to get through his fiery gate?
1
With words that rang prophetic, El cursed the form Lucifer had taken.
2
I just rescued Lucifer three months ago, and he's really skittish still.
3
Was it possible, he wondered now, that Lucifer had done something similar?
4
It means hidden knowledge, esoteric mysteries, sometimes associated with Lucifer, Light Bearer.
5
Before anyone could venture a guess, Lucifer answered the question for them.
1
The Yattering fumbled for the special word it had heard Beelzebub use.
2
I always think of Beelzebub, who was the prince of the flies.
3
Then Lucifer stood up, and said: 'The counsel of Beelzebub is pertinent.
4
She heard thunder clapping between her ears and Beelzebub scratchin' a fiddle.
5
Pâté de foi gras is the devil, but caviare is Beelzebub himself.
1
Let us go home, my friends, and wrestle in prayer against the Tempter.
2
To buy Dr. Faustus's eternal damnation cost the Tempter the essential knowledge of mankind.
3
But just in that happy moment the Tempter gets in.
4
That way, whispered the Tempter, was too straight and simple.
5
Death, the Tempter, pointed homeward, to the grave of her dead parents in Combe-Raven churchyard.
1
And in his inverted theology God was really the Prince of Darkness.
2
Even Quasi, the feline Prince of Darkness, would be a welcome sight.
3
The army of the Lord and the army of the Prince of Darkness.
4
Forget forever those horrid hymns offered to the Prince of Darkness.
5
If all succeeds, it will mean an entire town-everyone-worshipingthePrince of Darkness.
Usage of Devil in English
1
The Devil first appears in theology in these two forms of faith.
2
The Devil had played an important part in mythology in all times.
3
And in this way the Recitation was purified of the Devil's work.
4
In hell, Senora, the Devil is the leader of the best society.
5
Nobody sees the Devil but those who have faith in the Devil.
6
Another story, in which the Devil gets the worst of it, is
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The Devil was always on the lookout, and everywhere in a minute.
8
He had once denounced the Devil in a grace of forty minutes.
9
He was wholly lost; and the Devil, satisfied, returned to the mission.
10
But the Devil and all is in that puff from the sou'east.
11
The Devil is an Ass, a Comedy, acted in the year 1616.
12
And don't believe anyone who tells you it was the Devil's doing.
13
He came to the conclusion that it must have been the Devil.
14
The Devil killed the lion and watered the vine with its blood.
15
The Devil killed the monkey and watered the vine with its blood.
16
The Devil killed the pig and watered the vine with its blood.
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United Kingdom
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