In pagan times when divining sacrifice was offered it was idolatry, and even now divination is a kind of demonolatry or devil worship (d'Annibale). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy] Reference
A feeble polytheism -- a kind of demonolatry; for, as good spirits do not injure one, one's whole time is given to the propitiation of the evil. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska] Reference
The Burmese are really as devoted to demonolatry as the hill-tribes who are labelled plain spirit-worshippers. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
A more copious list can be given of the champions of orthodoxy and demonolatry; of whom it is sufficient to enumerate the more notorious names -- Sprenger, Nider, Bodin, Del Rio, James VI. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
The followers of Calvin were most deeply imbued with hatred and horror of Catholic practices, and, adopting the old prejudice or policy of their antagonists, they were willing to confound the superstitious rites of Catholicism with those of demonolatry. From Wordnik.com. [The Superstitions of Witchcraft] Reference
Nepal and forms some counterpoise to the prevalent demonolatry. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference
And yet they have not abated one jot of their interest in and practice of their demonolatry. From Wordnik.com. [India's Problem, Krishna or Christ] Reference
It was pliant and amalgamated easily with local observances, in China with funeral rites, in Tibet with demonolatry. From Wordnik.com. [Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3] Reference
When, later on, the Brahmans moved towards the southern part of the peninsula they entered the region occupied by, and largely given over to, demonolatry. From Wordnik.com. [India's Problem, Krishna or Christ] Reference
The prevailing faith of the Dravidians, therefore, is demonolatry; and the myriad shrines in the villages and hamlets, and the daily rites conducted in them, attest the universal prevalence of this belief and the great place it has in the life of these so-called Hindus. From Wordnik.com. [India, Its Life and Thought] Reference
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