demonomist

English

Etymology

From demonomy +‎ -ist.[1]

Noun

demonomist (plural demonomists)

(archaic) One in subjection to a demon or demons.
- 1634, T[homas] H[erbert], A Relation of Some Yeares Travaile, Begunne Anno 1626. into Afrique and the Greater Asia, […], London: […] William Stansby, and Jacob Bloome, →OCLC:
  no place ingendring greater Demonomists

References

“demonomist”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

“demonomist, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

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