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Prince of Darkness   /prɪns əv dˈɑrknəs/   Listen
noun
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



... force in a democracy, the servant of the people instead of their master. The democratic temper pervades even the religion of the pragmatists; they have the religion they have chosen, and the traditional reverence is changed into satisfaction with their own handiwork. 'The prince of darkness,' James says, 'may be a gentleman, as we are told he is, but whatever the God of earth and heaven is, he can surely be no gentleman,' He is rather, we should say, conceived by pragmatists as an elected president, to whom we give a ...
— Winds Of Doctrine - Studies in Contemporary Opinion • George Santayana
... part among the believers in and performers of the occult science, which has so long held the souls of men in bondage. We have it on record that a monarch has been made to tremble by the sayings of an old woman, supposed to be in league with the prince of darkness. A king and his army have been kept from battle by the movements of a harmless quadruped, or by the flight of a bird, unaware that before sunset it would be the eagle's portion. Other sovereigns have supported their tyranny ...
— The Mysteries of All Nations • James Grant
... The 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 piano in Infantry ...
— The Heart-Cry of Jesus • Byron J. Rees
... abysses rending, Open up Earth's every pore! 100 Prince of Darkness never-ending, Show thy great works evermore! Satan, wheresoe'er thou be, I conjure thee By the mighty dragons' breath 105 And the raging lions' roar And Jehoshaphat's vale of death. By the smoke that issueth Poisonous from out thy chair, ...
— Four Plays of Gil Vicente • Gil Vicente
... had recognized Dorothy he certainly had acted like a fool, but with the shock of recognition came wisdom. All the learning of the ancients and all the cunning of the prince of darkness could not have taught him a wiser word with which to make his peace, "I may never let you see my face again." That was more to be feared by Dorothy than even ...
— Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall • Charles Major


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