"dæmon" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "daemon"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, page 67",
          "text": "It was their opinion, and that of all similar sects, that cœlestial powers were often incarnate and came from time to time to rule the earth, dæmon kings whose conception and aphanism were alike miraculous.",
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  "word": "dæmon"
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    {
      "form": "dæmons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1829, Algernon Herbert, Nimrod, page 67",
          "text": "It was their opinion, and that of all similar sects, that cœlestial powers were often incarnate and came from time to time to rule the earth, dæmon kings whose conception and aphanism were alike miraculous.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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