praying-machine

_Aves_ as piously and incessantly as a praying-machine of the East, one can hardly question but that they have as much devoutness as most others.

The Automobilist Abroad

Now if the praying-machine be admittedly the last shift of senile religion, the value-finding machine may fairly be taken for the psychopomp of art.

Art Clive Bell 1922

Koothoomi, who somewhat resembled an old London portrait I have of Rammohun Roy, holds a small barrel-shaped praying-machine on his head.

The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Various 1888

One of the forms of worship in Thibet is to carry a praying-machine through the streets, and stop at the doors to earn a penny by grinding out a prayer; whereas civilization pays for clerical prayers, in lofty edifices.

Christian Science Mark Twain 1872

To the influences of the other parts he has to submit himself, ever turning the openings of his soul towards them, that he may not be a mere praying-machine; but with the sermon it is otherwise.

Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood George MacDonald 1864