Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases

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CLASS VI SECTION V. 4. ACTS OF RELIGION


990. Worship -- N. worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration, homage, service, humiliation; kneeling, genuflection, prostration.

991. Idolatry -- N. idolatry, idolism † ; demonism † , demonolatry † ; idol-worship, demon-worship, devil-worship, fire-worship; zoolatry, fetishism, fetichism; ecclesiolatry † , heliolatry, Mariolatry, Bibliolatry † .

992. Sorcery -- N. sorcery; occult art, occult sciences; magic, the black art, necromancy, theurgy, thaumaturgy † ; demonology, demonomy † , demonship † ; diablerie [Fr.] , bedevilment; witchcraft, witchery; glamor; fetishism, fetichism, feticism † ; ghost dance, hoodoo; obi, obiism † ; voodoo, voodooism; Shamanism (Esquimaux), vampirism; conjuration; bewitchery, exorcism, enchantment, mysticism, second sight, mesmerism, animal magnetism; od force, odylic force † ; electrobiology † , clairvoyance; spiritualism, spirit rapping, table turning.

993. Spell -- N. spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala † , exsufflation † , cantrap † , runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm † , Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum.

994. Sorcerer -- N. sorcerer, magician; thaumaturgist † , theurgist; conjuror, necromancer, seer, wizard, witch; hoodoo, voodoo; fairy &c 980; lamia † , hag.