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Prince of Darkness   /prɪns əv dˈɑrknəs/   Listen
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Darkness  n.  
1.
The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom. "And darkness was upon the face of the deep."
2.
A state of privacy; secrecy. "What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light."
3.
A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity. "Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil." "Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds."
4.
Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.
5.
A state of distress or trouble. "A day of clouds and of thick darkness."
Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. "In the power of the Prince of darkness."
Synonyms: Darkness, Dimness, Obscurity, Gloom. Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived. As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition.


Prince  n.  
1.
The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female. "Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince." "Queen Elizabeth, a prince admirable above her sex."
2.
The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood.
3.
A title belonging to persons of high rank, differing in different countries. In England it belongs to dukes, marquises, and earls, but is given to members of the royal family only. In Italy a prince is inferior to a duke as a member of a particular order of nobility; in Spain he is always one of the royal family.
4.
The chief of any body of men; one at the head of a class or profession; one who is preeminent; as, a merchant prince; a prince of players. "The prince of learning."
Prince-Albert coat, a long double-breasted frock coat for men.
Prince of the blood, Prince consort, Prince of darkness. See under Blood, Consort, and Darkness.
Prince of Wales, the oldest son of the English sovereign.
Prince's feather (Bot.), a name given to two annual herbs (Amarantus caudatus and Polygonum orientale), with apetalous reddish flowers arranged in long recurved panicled spikes.
Prince's metal, Prince Rupert's metal. See under Metal.
Prince's pine. (Bot.) See Pipsissewa.





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"Prince of darkness" Quotes from Famous Books



... astonished at this idea. "Perhaps the Prince of Darkness finds pleasure in this affair, and, as a fair-minded devil, is grateful to me. One thing is certain: What a woman of my age could not tell her daughter or—if she has none—her young niece, she should not meddle with. All this is by no means pleasing to me, and yet, Luis, ...
— Uarda • Georg Ebers
... to Francis, in a revelation he had during the sitting of the chapter, that the Prince of Darkness, alarmed at the fervor of the new Order, had collected thousands of demons, to concert together on the means of bringing it to ruin; and that one of them, more astute than the rest, had put forth an opinion which it had been decided should be acted ...
— The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi • Father Candide Chalippe
... Prince of Darkness dreads truth and light, for he knows that if God's children ever see sanctification as it is, there will be a general stampede for consecration. If the public really believed that Rosenthal would play the ...
— The Heart-Cry of Jesus • Byron J. Rees
... brother Kenneth," said the Saracen; "for know, that had my assailant been in very deed the Prince of Darkness, thou wert bound not the less to enter into combat with him in thy comrade's behalf. Know, also, that whatever there may be of foul or of fiendish about the Hamako belongs more to your lineage than to mine—this ...
— The Talisman • Sir Walter Scott
... describe their return. They came back elated, with the report that even the demons were subject to them. Our Lord replied by a statement that in the overthrow of these messengers of Satan he saw the ultimate defeat of the Prince of darkness and of all the forces of evil, and he declared that he was giving to his messengers power over all that might oppose or might threaten to destroy them. Yet, he added, their chief joy should not be in their ability to perform these works of wonder, ...
— The Gospel of Luke, An Exposition • Charles R. Erdman


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