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Look up: incubus

  1. Incubus
    Male astral entities that try to engage in sexual activities with humans. Plural Incubi.
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  2. Incubus
    the male Elemental called into existence by sexual passion and lust. The female is called the Succubus.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20207

  3. incubus
    [n] - someone who depresses or worries others 2. [n] - a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  4. incubus
    In the popular belief of the Middle Ages in Europe, a male demon who had sexual intercourse with women in their sleep. Supposedly the women then gave birth to witches and demons. Succubus is the...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  5. Incubus
    A nightmare, especially one where you are so frightened that you cannot react - A distressing illness that comes on at night such as acute heart failure, asthma, gout etc - A demon taking on male form to have sexual intercourse with a woman in her sleep
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  6. Incubus
    In'cu·bus noun ; plural English Incubuses , Latin Incubi . [ Latin , the nightmare. Confer Incubate .] 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. Tylor....
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/39

  7. incubus
    Origin: L, the nightmare. Cf. Incubate. ... 1. A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. 'The devils who appeared in the female form were generally called succubi; those who appeared like men incubi, though this distinction was not always preserv...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. Incubus
    • (n.) Any oppressive encumbrance or burden; anything that prevents the free use of the faculties. • (n.) A demon; a fiend; a lascivious spirit, supposed to have sexual intercourse with women by night. • (n.) The nightmare. See Nightmare.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  9. incubus
    demon in male form that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; the corresponding spirit in female form is called a succubus. In ... [3 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/i/15

  10. incubus
    incubus Something which paid visits to people in nightmares and that was supposed to be an evil spirit who lay oppressively upon the sleepers. It is said to apply to any oppressive burden.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  11. incubus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: in′kū-bŭs Definitions: 1. Originally, an evil spirit that would lie on and oppress sleeping people; especially, a male spirit that copulated with sleeping women.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  12. incubus
    incubus (ing'kyoobus) , lascivious male demon said to possess mortal women as they sleep and to be responsible for the birth of demons, witches, and deformed children. According to one legend the incubus and his female counterpart, the succubus, were fallen angels. The belief in these demons was...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A08250

  13. Incubus
    In folk-lore, the Incubus were male spirits who raped women during their sleep, producing Witches and Demons as offspring.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  14. incubus
    In the popular belief of the Middle Ages in Europe, a male demon who had sexual intercourse with women in their sleep. Supposedly the women then gave birth to witches and demons. Succubus is the female equivalent
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  15. Incubus
    An incubus is a male evil spirit that copulates with women in their sleep. See also succubus. Modern theories for the origins of this belief often cite a medieval "preoccupation" with sin (and sex) and the need the "explain" sexual dreams or nocturnal emissions.
    Found on http://tudorswiki.sho.com/page/Tudor+Wor

  16. Incubus
    (band) `Incubus` is an American rock band from Calabasas, California. The band was formed in 1991 by vocalist Brandon Boyd, lead guitarist Mike Einziger, and drummer Jose Pasillas while enrolled in high school and later expanded to include bassist Alex "Dirk Lance" Katunich, and Gav...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus

  17. Incubus
    An `incubus` (nominal form constructed from the Latin verb, incubo, incubare, or "to lie upon") is a demon in male form who, according to a number of mythological and legendary traditions, lies upon sleepers, especially women, in order to have intercourse with them. Its female count...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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