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diabolism

American  
[dahy-ab-uh-liz-uhm] / daɪˈæb əˌlɪz əm /

noun

  1. Theology.

    1. action aided or caused by the devil; sorcery; witchcraft.

    2. the character or condition of a devil.

    3. a doctrine concerning devils.

    4. a belief in or worship of devils.

  2. action befitting the devil; deviltry.

diabolism British  
/ daɪˈæbəˌlɪzəm /

noun

    1. activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery

    2. worship of devils or beliefs and teachings concerning them

    3. the nature of devils

  2. character or conduct that is devilish or fiendish; devilry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of diabolism

1600–10; < Greek diábol ( os ) devil + -ism

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The World after the Great Flood, a world to which the Great Peace and the two Wars, Christianity and Diabolism, have done their blessedest and damndest.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up to now I have spoken only of local Satanistic associations, but there are others, more extensive, which ravage the old world and the new, for Diabolism is quite up to date in one respect.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

Soon at Auxerre there were such scandalous scenes, such frenzied outbursts of Diabolism, that the bishop had to intervene.

From Là-bas by Wallace, Keene

If a short time ago that ultimate and universal source of reference, the person of average intelligence, had been asked concerning Modern Diabolism, or the Question of Lucifer,—What it is?

From Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer by Waite, Arthur Edward

For Weyer, Flade, Bekker, Loos, and others, see the chapters of this work on Meteorology, Demoniacal Possession and Insanity, and Diabolism and Hysteria.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson

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