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It consisted, according to the oldest literature of the Veda, in a polytheistical worship of the divine, either as the beneficent or the baneful power of nature.

From A Comparative View of Religions by Scholten, Johannes Henricus

It is certainly a matter of the extremest difficulty, for us in imagination to place ourselves in the situation of those who believed in the ancient polytheistical creed.

From Lives of the Necromancers by Godwin, William

The nations which practise toleration at the present time are those that might well be termed polytheistical, since, as in England and America, they are divided into innumerable sects.

From The Psychology of Revolution by Le Bon, Gustave

If ancient literature found a refuge in the monastic establishments, the polytheistical guests were not slightly contemned by their hosts, who cherished with a different taste a bastardised race of the Romans.

From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac