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Definition of Devil-worship
1. Noun. The acts or rites of worshiping devils.
Generic synonyms: Worship
Derivative terms: Demonism, Diabolism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Devil-worship
Literary usage of Devil-worship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ceylon: An Account of the Island Physical, Historical and Topographical by James Emerson Tennent (1859)
"charms ; and, in short, no instinct of worship, except,: is reported, some
addiction to ceremonies analogous devil worship, in order to avert storms and ..."
2. India, Its Life and Thought by John Peter Jones (1908)
"Another marked feature of modern Hinduism is its devil-worship. This is peculiarly
manifest in South India. In the Madras Presidency, whose fifty million ..."
3. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"In like manner, in Travancore, devil-worship appears to commence with the first
appearance of the ..."
4. Is the Devil a Myth? by Charles Franklin Wimberly (1913)
"XXXI DEVIL WORSHIP " Then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed
the Rock of his salvation. They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, ..."
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