Antonyms for demoniacs

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-moh-nee-ak, dee-muh-nahy-ak

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmoʊ niˌæk, ˌdi məˈnaɪ æk

sane

Definition of demoniacs

Origin : c.1400, "possessed, insane," earlier (late 14c.) as a noun, "one who is possessed," from Late Latin daemoniacus (c.200), from Greek daimoniakos "possessed by a demon," from diamon (see demon).

As in lunatic : noun person who is crazy, mad

Example sentences :

To-day, own me prince of demoniacs, and indeed of all good fellows.'
Extract from : « The Cloister and the Hearth » by Charles Reade

And they—with the demoniacs—are the sole connecting link between that age and this.
Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans

A newly-built house is smeared with it, so are demoniacs, care being taken to smear the latter downwards from head to foot.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various

And this custom of taking madmen for demoniacs, was not so peculiar to the jews, but that it prevailed in other nations also.
Extract from : « Medica Sacra » by Richard Mead

There were demoniacs in Bible times and neurotics in the Middle Ages, as there are nervous invalids and half-well people to-day.
Extract from : « Outwitting Our Nerves » by Josephine A. Jackson and Helen M. Salisbury

According to the narrative, all the seven demoniacs sent forth a strange and supernatural voice of loud shouting.
Extract from : « Lancashire Folk-lore » by John Harland

The preachers being called in, according to the advice of Dr. Dee, they inquired how the demoniacs were handled.
Extract from : « Lancashire Folk-lore » by John Harland

Demoniacs were not so scarce, but that one was easily found and brought forward at the first summons.
Extract from : « La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages » by Jules Michelet

However, here I am at the end of my letter, and I shall leave the two demoniacs to tear each other to pieces.
Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan

They put consecrated herbs into the nostrils of the demoniacs.
Extract from : « A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Synonyms for demoniacs

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