devil worship (devlwership)

The worship of evil spirits by incantations intended to propitiate them. It is prevalent among many of the primitive tribes of Asia, Africa, and America, under the a umption that the Deity does not trouble himself about the world, or that the powers of evil are as mighty as the powers of good, and must in consequence be bribed and conciliated. devil-worshiper (dev'l-wer"shi-pèr), n. One who worships a devil, a malignant deity, or an evil spirit; specifically, a member of the tribe properly called Yezidis, living in Me so pot am i a, As syria, Kurdistan, and other parts of Turkey in Asia, and noted for adding the worship of Satan to a profe ed belief in the Old Testament, and respect for the New Testament and the Koran. The Izedis or Yezidis, the so-called Devil - worshippers , still remain a numerous though oppre ed people in Me so pot am i a and adjacent countries. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, II. 299. devint, devinet, n. Old forms of divine . devioscope (dē'vi-ō-skop), n. [Irreg. vius , going out of the way, devious, + Gr. σκο πεῖν, view.] An instrument for illustrating the principles of the resolution and composition of rotations. Sire has described an apparatus, which he calls a devio scope , for ascertaining directly the relation which exists between the angular velocity of the earth and that of a horizon around the vertical of any place whatever. Smithsonian Report, 1881, p. 334.