Satan
['seɪtn] or ['setn]
Definition
(noun.) (Judeo-Christian and Islamic religions) chief spirit of evil and adversary of God; tempter of mankind; master of Hell.
Checked by Cindy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The grand adversary of man; the Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend.
Inputed by Erma
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Belial, Apollyon, Devil, the evil one, the arch-enemy, the arch-fiend, the tempter, the author of evil, the wicked one, the old serpent, the prince of darkness, the foul fiend.
Checked by Freda
Definition
n. the enemy of men: the devil: the chief of the fallen angels.—adjs. Sātan′ic -al pertaining to or like Satan: devilish.—adv. Sātan′ically diabolically: with malice or wickedness suiting the devil.—ns. Sātan′icalness the quality of being fiendishly malicious or wicked; Sā′tanism the devilish disposition; Sātanoph′any an appearance or incarnation of Satan; Sātanophō′bia fear of the devil; Sāth′anas Satan; Sātan′ity.
Typist: Montague
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of Satan, foretells that you will have some dangerous adventures, and you will be forced to use strategy to keep up honorable appearances. To dream that you kill him, foretells that you will desert wicked or immoral companions to live upon a higher plane. If he comes to you under the guise of literature, it should be heeded as a warning against promiscuous friendships, and especially flatterers. If he comes in the shape of wealth or power, you will fail to use your influence for harmony, or the elevation of others. If he takes the form of music, you are likely to go down before his wiles. If in the form of a fair woman, you will probably crush every kindly feeling you may have for the caresses of this moral monstrosity. To feel that you are trying to shield yourself from satan, denotes that you will endeavor to throw off the bondage of selfish pleasure, and seek to give others their best deserts. See Devil.
Checker: Seymour
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. One of the Creator's lamentable mistakes repented in sashcloth and axes. Being instated as an archangel Satan made himself multifariously objectionable and was finally expelled from Heaven. Halfway in his descent he paused bent his head in thought a moment and at last went back. 'There is one favor that I should like to ask said he.
Editor: Shelton
Examples
- The feverish young inn-keeper and ex-engineer started like Satan at the touch of Ithuriel's spear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Who was the poet who said that Satan finds some mischief still for idle hands to do? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He saw Satan, and Sin his daughter, and Death their horrible offspring. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He explains the perplexities and contradictions of life as a conflict of light and darkness, Ormuzd was God and Ahriman Satan. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Satan himself could not scare him, and he is convenient--very convenient. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They accosted me as Satan, bid me avaunt, and clamoured to be delivered from temptation. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- But the devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Impious and false things has he said even of the virtues of our medicines, as if they were the devices of Satan--The Lord rebuke him! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It may be so, to such as you who know no righteousness, and no appointment except Satan's. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- See, brother Conrade, the peril of yielding to the first devices and blandishments of Satan! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Subject: Satan among the Sofa Cushions. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- What you have done there Satan knows; nothing in this world, I believe, but sat and sulked. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and detested. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Satan desires to have ye, and sift ye as wheat. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Checked by Brits