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Satanist

Satanist \Sa"tan*ist\, n. A very wicked person. [R.]
--Granger.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Satanist

1550s, from Satan + -ist. Ppplied by their enemies to Protestant sects. Meaning "Satan-worshipper" is from 1896.

Usage examples of "satanist".

He had been through the entire list of the usuals, from Satanists all the way to half-assed dopeheads who thought they could bring on a better world by chopping the heads off calves and goats.

De Richleau might have lost his nerve for a few moments the night before, but he had retrieved it brilliantly in that headlong dash at the wheel of the Hispano down into the hellish valley where the Satanists practised their grim rites.

As rumors linking the murders to satanists spread, the police began to receive reports that, whether true or not, reinforced their theory.

Satanists historically were educated men who stood as adversaries to the church.

Langdon quickly explained how most people pictured satanic cults as devil-worshiping fiends, and yet Satanists historically were educated men who stood as adversaries to the church.

Sir Reginald's brother is caught up in this Satanist thing and perhaps drags his younger brother into it.

At any rate, Sir Reginald is left this huge library of cult, occult, and Satanist lore, and because he has this enormous project and this way to feed information in huge doses into a computer and store it in compressed form, he does so with the library.

As this business ties up with your Satanist Circle at Cremorne I'm taking you with me.

Personally he had no doubts at all that Mary had gone willingly to the house in Cremorne on Saturday night, and that she had remained there because she believed that doing so would give her the chance she had been seeking to win the confidence of the Satanists.

Then they would rig up some form of crucifix, tie him to it upside down and cut his throat - just as the Satanists at Cremorne had cut Teddy's.

Knowlton claims that her late father, George Knowlton, was a child molester, serial killer of at least three, a baby-killer, satanist and necrophiliac—.

Add in a dash of feng-shui artists, season liberally with Wiccans of a variety of flavors and sincerities, blend in a few modestly gifted practitioners who liked mixing religion with their magic, some followers of voodoo, a few Santerians and a sprinkling of Satanists, all garnished with a crowd of young people who liked to wear a lot of black, and you get what most folks think of as the "occult community.

A satanist in black leather, clutching a Bud, was hurling curses at a New Ager in hemp robes.

The masks and dominoes made it particularly difficult for him to pick out any of the Satanists whom he had seen at the previous party, but after a little, he noticed a man with a dark-skinned, fleshy neck and thin, black hair whom he felt certain was the Babu, and a little later a tall, lank, fair-haired figure who was undoubtedly the Albino.

So many right-wingers are secret left-hand-path magicians and Satanists that of course they spotted the symbol for what it was right away.