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(religion) The supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity and rules Hell; the Devil.
* 1997 , Martin Schuldiner, Puritan Casuistry'', Martin Schuldiner (editor), ''The Tayloring Shop: Essays on the Poetry of in Honor of Thomas M. and Virginia L. Davis ,
* 1998 , Wendy Griswold, 8: The Devil, social change, and Jacobean theatre'', Philip Smith (editor), ''The New American Cultural Sociology ,
* 2005 , , Healing the Shame That Binds You ,
(religion, Theistic Satanism) The same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable or evil;
(countable) A demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.
* 1992 , Clinton E. Arnold, Powers of Darkness: Principalities & Powers in Paul?s Letters ,
* 2007 , Abdullah Yusuf Ali (translator), M. A. H. Eliyasee (Roman script transliteration), Osman Taha (Arabic script), The Qur?an , II, 102,[in other editions, 96]
In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.
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A person acting on behalf of, or is representing another person.
As a proper noun satan
is (l), supreme evil spirit of abrahamic religions.As a noun vicar is
in the church of england, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.satan
English
(wikipedia Satan)Alternative forms
* satan (especially the common noun sense)Proper noun
(en proper noun)page 125,
- Having been captured by the forces of Christ, the souls are now atacked for the first time by their former captain in “Satans' Rage at them in their Conversion.? '''Satan'''?s basic line of attack is to accuse the souls of being unreliable converts. Just as the souls turned from '''Satan''' to Christ, so too they will turn back again when it suits them, says ' Satan .
page 127,
- The conventional role of Satan in English mystery plays was the Trickster archetype adapted for a theatre that was both popular and religious but constrained by traditional Christian theology.
- The Satan of the mystery plays was a Trickster, but a dignified one.
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- Biblical scholars tell us that the idea of a purely evil being like the Devil or Satan''' was a late development in the Bible. In the book of Job, '''Satan was the heavenly district attorney whose job it was to test the faith of those who, like Job, were specially blessed.
- During the Persian conquest of the Israelites, the Satan''' of Job became fused with the Zoroastrian dualistic theology adopted by the Persians, where two opposing forces, one of good, Ahura Mazda, the Supreme Creator deity, was in a constant battle with Ahriman, the absolute god of evil. This polarized dualism was present in the theology of the Essenes and took hold in Christianity where God and his Son Jesus were in constant battle with the highest fallen angel, '''Satan , for human souls. This dualism persists today only in fundamentalist religions (Muslim terrorists, the Taliban, the extreme Christian Right and a major part of evangelical Christianity).
- Many LaVeyans reject the notion that Satan is bad.
- I have revered Satan ever since I became a Satanist .
Synonyms
(supreme evil spirit of Abrahamic religions) the Adversary, Beelzebub, the Devil, Diabolus, the Dragon, Iblis, Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Old Nick, Old Scratch, the Old Serpent, the Prince of DemonsDerived terms
* Great Satan * LaVeyan SatanismNoun
(en noun)page 67,
- This literature refers to a major figurehead of evil called “Satan,” the leader of a group of angels also referred to as “Satans'.” These ' Satans accuse people and lead them astray.
page 15,
- They followed what the Satans' recited over Solomon?s Kingdom. Solomon did not disbelieve but ' Satans disbelieved, teaching men, magic, and such things as came down at Babylon to the angels H?r?t and M?r?t.
See also
* Abaddon * Apollyon * cosmocrat * KroniExternal links
*Smith?s Bible Dictionary - Satan*
Easton?s Bible Dictionary - Satan
Anagrams
* ----vicar
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Alternative forms
*Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.}}
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}
A Kentish Lad, passage=For this [annual choir outing] the vicar traditionally hired a brake, an ancient, Edwardian, horse-drawn, bus-like vehicle which had plodded along for many years between Ramsgate and Pegwell Bay, carrying passengers who were in no hurry, until it became so unroadworthy that no horse could be persuaded to pull it on a regular basis.}}
