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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Origin of polytheism
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As poet and artist I am polytheist; as a student of Nature I am pantheist.
The Faust-Legend and Goethe's 'Faust'H. B. Cotterill
When a believer in two is a polytheist, how can a believer in six be a monotheist?
Letters from a Sf TeacherShaikh Sharfuddn Maner
The polytheist peoples the world with a variety of gods and goddesses, which enter into its machinery more or less independently.
A Muhammadan cannot marry a polytheist, but he may marry a Jewess or a Christian.
polytheism
- the worship of or belief in more than one god
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Word Origin and History for polytheist
n.
1610s; see polytheism + -ist.
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polytheism
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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