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henotheism|ˈhɛnəʊθiːɪz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. εἷς, ἑνό-ς one + θε-ός god + -ism.]
The belief in one god as the deity of the individual, family, or tribe, without asserting that he is the only God: considered as a stage of religious belief between polytheism and monotheism. See quots.
1860Max Müller Semitic Monotheism in Sel. Ess. (1881) II. 415 The latter form of faith, the belief in One God, is properly called monotheism, whereas the term of henotheism would best express the faith in a single god. 1879P. Le P. Renouf Lect. Orig. Relig. 217 The nature of Henotheism as distinct from Monotheism was explained in last year's lectures as a phase of religious thought in which the individual gods invoked are not conceived as limited by the power of others. 1880Gladstone in 19th Cent. No. 38. 721 Henotheism, the affirmative belief in one God, without the sharply-defined exclusive line which makes it a belief in Him as the only God. 1886Tiele in Encycl. Brit. XX. 367/1 From this primitive naturism sprang..henotheism, not the henotheism of Max Müller, or of Hartmann, or of Asmus, but a practical henotheism, i.e. the adoration of one God above others as the specific tribal god or as the lord over a particular people, a national or relative monotheism.
So ˈhenotheist, one who worships according to henotheism. henotheˈistic a.
1880Gladstone in 19th Cent. No. 38. 721 The region of ideas, in which..Iris had been born, was the henotheistic region. 1882Max Müller India 182 If the Veda had taught us nothing else but this henotheistic phase. 1884Athenæum 22 Nov. 653/2 The Moquis would probably be claimed as ‘Henotheists’ by the person who believes in ‘Henotheism’. 1897Edin. Rev. July 225 The worshipper of one out of a number of gods; the Henotheist of Prof. Max Müller. |