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As proper nouns the difference between wikipedia and satan

is that wikipedia is a free-content online encyclopedia founded in 2001, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web in a number of languages while Satan is the supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions, who tempts humanity and rules Hell; the Devil.

As nouns the difference between wikipedia and satan

is that wikipedia is a version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia (a free-content online encyclopedia) in a particular language while Satan is a demon follower of Satan (principal evil spirit); a fallen angel.

As a verb Wikipedia

is to consult Wikipedia for information.

wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

* wikipedia (when used as a common noun)

Proper noun

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  • A free-content online encyclopedia founded in 2001, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web in a number of languages.
  • * 2011 , , January 12.
    • Civility – translated as savoir-vivre in the French version – is one of the five "pillars" of Wikipedia .
  • The community that develops the Wikipedia encyclopedia.
  • * 2011 , , May 23.
    • In August 2009, Wikipedia announced that it planned a move that many saw as a step away from its freewheeling ethos of anyone can edit.
  • * 2012 , , January 19.
    • Wikipedia mounted a 24-hour protest starting at midnight by converting their English page to a shadowy black background and warning readers that "the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet."
  • (neologism) A main-belt asteroid (No. ).

    • Derived terms

    * Wikipedian

    Related terms

    * wiki * Mediawiki * * * Wikimedia * Wikinews * * * Wiktionary * (Wikijunior)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A version of the encyclopedia (a free-content online encyclopedia) in a particular language.
  • * 2005 , , December 14.
    • Work in the open-source software community or contribute to wikipedias on your favourite subjects.
  • A wiki or similar collaborative database.
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  • (figuratively) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge.
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    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To consult for information.
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  • #* 2004 January 7, Mike Pitt, " Re: (Non-Euros/SAs Only) How did you become a lover of football?", in rec.sport.soccer, Usenet :
  • Did a bit of Wikipediaing :
  • #* 2005 August 18, Edward Cherlin, " Re: Slow Re-entry", in rec.arts.sf.science, Usenet :
  • Is everybody in this group incapable of arithmetic, Googling, and Wikipediaing ?
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  • #* 2006 November 17, Rachel Maddow, on Paula Zahn Now : ][http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/9a83a0db36532600?q=Wikipediaing
  • I mean, it's true, if Katie Holmes had not become engaged to Tom Cruise, we'd all still be Wikipeidaing her, looking her up, trying to figure out exactly why do I know her, what was she in, is she famous?
  • #* 2009 , Roger Ebert, Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2010 , ][http://www.amazon.com/Roger-Eberts-Movie-Yearbook-2010/dp/B003STCR2E Andrews McMeel Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7407-8536-8, page 363:
  • He made me curious enough that I Wikipediaed Bob Satterfield and found out, yes, he was a real fighter, nicknamed the Bombadier, and was KO'd by the Raging Bull himself in a 1946 fight in Wrigley Field.
  • #* 2010 April 7, "Jeff K.", " Like a Drunk One Legged Pirate Stores His Rum, The aTable Stores Your Cords" (blog post), in CraziestGadgets.com:
  • That’s a true fact, you can Wikipedia that shizz.
  • #* 2010 , Rachel Cohn, Very Lefreak , Random House, ISBN 9780375895524, chapter 3:
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  • I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method.

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    * ("Wikipedia" on Wikipedia) * * ----

    satan

    English

    (wikipedia Satan)

    Alternative forms

    * satan (especially the common noun sense)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (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 , 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 .
  • * 1998 , Wendy Griswold, 8: The Devil, social change, and Jacobean theatre'', Philip Smith (editor), ''The New American Cultural Sociology , 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.
  • * 2005 , , Healing the Shame That Binds You , page 2,
    • 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.
  • (religion, Theistic Satanism) The same figure, regarded as a deity to be revered and worshipped.
    • I have revered Satan ever since I became a Satanist .
  • A person or animal regarded as particularly malignant, detestable or evil;

    • 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 Demons

    Related terms

    * Satanism, Satanist, LaVeyan Satanist, Luciferian

    Derived terms

    * Great Satan * LaVeyan Satanism

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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 , 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.
  • * 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] 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 * Kroni

    External links

    * Smith?s Bible Dictionary - Satan * Easton?s Bible Dictionary - Satan

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