polytheist
Americannoun
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Any vision for a renewed polytheist empire ended with his death.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
In Medina, the previously polytheist Arabs, Jewish Arabs, and Muhammad’s ummah formed an alliance for their common defense.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
"I think I'm a polytheist, in as much as I believe in multiple divinities."
From The Guardian • Jun. 27, 2014
Before his death, he made Mecca, and especially the Kaaba, a center of veneration that was to draw a thousand times more pilgrims than had ever worshiped at Mecca's polytheist shrines.
From Time Magazine Archive
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“As a Hindu, I’m a polytheist, as you well know.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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