demonolatry
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Origin of demonolatry
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The phrase fin-de-si�cle has long stood for a filleted sort of consciousness: the epicine, misty, dandified transcendentalism and caf� demonolatry whose sturdier ancestors were men like Baudelaire and Poe.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 India's Problem, Krishna or Christ by Jones, John P. (John Peter)
Not infrequently the fear of the devil was transformed into indifference, and sometimes even into demonolatry.
From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie
The adoration of saints and their images is also more developed than in Nepal and forms some counterpoise to the prevalent demonolatry.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
It was pliant and amalgamated easily with local observances, in China with funeral rites, in Tibet with demonolatry.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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