adæmonist rare.
(əˈdiːmənɪst)
[f. Gr. ἀ not + δαίµον-α (evil) spirit + -ist.]
(See quot.)
| 1837 Pen. Cycl. VIII. 447 Among the German adæmonists, or those who deny the personality of the devil, may also be named Wetstein, Webber, Naudæus..Unitarians, in accordance with the scriptural adæmonists of Germany, maintain that the Bible affords no sufficient evidence of the existence of a being purely malevolent. |