polytheist
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polytheists
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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
“As a Hindu, I’m a polytheist, as you well know.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
Like the people of Mesopotamia, Ancient Egyptians were polytheists and worshipped many deities who controlled the forces of nature.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
About 1.5% of the American population identifies as “other faiths,” including “Unitarians, those who identify with Native American religions, Pagans, Wiccans, New Agers, deists, Scientologists, pantheists, polytheists, Satanists and Druids, to name just a few.”
From Salon ● May 7, 2017
Mr. Barber, of the University of Chicago, said that the focus on Yazidis was likely because they are polytheists, with an oral tradition rather than a written scripture.
From New York Times ● Aug. 13, 2015
For animists and polytheists, the natural world is full of spirits.
From BBC ● May 3, 2013
S: Say: This is my way: I call to Allah, I and those who follow me being certain, and glory be to Allah, and I am not one of the polytheists.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
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