daemoniac

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daemoniac - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Daemoniac
  one "possessed with a devil." In the days of our Lord and his
  apostles, evil spirits, "daemons," were mysteriously permitted
  by God to exercise an influence both over the souls and bodies
  of men, inflicting dumbness (Matt. 9:32), blindness (12:22),
  epilepsy (Mark 9:17-27), insanity (Matt. 8:28; Mark 5:1-5).
  Daemoniacs are frequently distinguished from those who are
  afflicted with ordinary bodily maladies (Mark 1:32; 16:17, 18;
  Luke 6:17, 18). The daemons speak in their own persons (Matt.
  8:29; Mark 1:23, 24; 5:7). This influence is clearly
  distinguished from the ordinary power of corruption and of
  temptation over men. In the daemoniac his personality seems to
  be destroyed, and his actions, words, and even thoughts to be
  overborne by the evil spirit (Mark, l.c.; Acts 19:15).