polytheism
[pol-ee-thee-iz-uh m, pol-ee-thee-iz-uh m]
- the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods.
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To many outside Christianity, this looks a bit like polytheism!
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The latter was closely bound up with polytheism and hero-worship.
The Legacy of GreeceVarious
Polytheism was dominant while their monotheism was as yet a persecuted belief.
The Necessity of AtheismDr. D.M. Brooks
This surely is not what is commonly understood by Polytheism.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume IFriedrich Max Mller
Another outstanding feature of popular Hinduism is its Polytheism.
India, Its Life and ThoughtJohn P. Jones
They expose with superfluous with and eloquence the extravagance of Polytheism.
polytheism
- the worship of or belief in more than one god
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polytheism
The belief in more than one god. The ancient Greeks, for example, were polytheists; their gods included Apollo, Athena, Dionysus, and Zeus. (Compare monotheism.)
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