Spirit possession by a malevolent entity.
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Examples for "demonic possession "
Examples for "demonic possession "
1 To Henry Leyden, this conversation sounds like insanity, demonic possession , or both.
2 But mother taught me the Bible, and to believe in demonic possession .
3 This week, Leonardo investigates a case of alleged demonic possession in a convent.
4 The Catholic Church, however, insists demonic possession is on the rise.
5 Rather than taking a look at herself, she blamed demonic possession .
1 For one thing early Christianity continued the belief in demoniac possession .
2 Alleyne thought of what he had read of demoniac possession - the jumpings , the twitchings, the wild talk.
3 The belief in demoniac possession and the belief in witches were later developments from this same doctrine.
4 These seem to believe in magic or demoniac possession as the reason they behaved with such conspicuous insanity.
5 The diseases mentioned are numerous: demoniac possession , convulsions, paralysis, skin diseases,-asleprosy,-dropsy ,haemorrhages ,fever ,fluxes ,blindnessand deafness.
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