demy

n.; pl. Demies [ See Demi-. ] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [ Written also demi. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called “scholars, ” young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as demythologization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms.
Syn. -- demythologisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]