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Devil-worship   /dˈɛvəl-wˈərʃəp/   Listen
Devil-worship

noun
1.
The acts or rites of worshiping devils.  Synonyms: demonolatry, diabolatry.






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"Devil-worship" Quotes from Famous Books



... will find them in such countless numbers, and in gayer or more jovial spirits, than around a dead sperm whale, moored by night to a whaleship at sea. If you have never seen that sight, then suspend your decision about the propriety of devil-worship, and the expediency of conciliating ...
— Moby Dick; or The Whale • Herman Melville

... there, quite close and clear, was hell, of man's making, produced by chemists and scientists, after centuries in search of knowledge. There were the fires of hate, produced out of the passion of humanity after a thousand years of Christendom and of progress in the arts of beauty. There was the devil-worship of our poor, damned human race, where the most civilized nations of the world were on each side of the bonfires. It was worth watching ...
— Now It Can Be Told • Philip Gibbs



Words linked to "Devil-worship" :   diabolatry, worship



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