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monotheist, n. (a.)|ˈmɒnəʊθiːɪst|
[Formed as prec. + -ist. Cf. F. monothéiste.]
One who believes in only one God; an adherent of monotheism.
1680H. More Apocal. Apoc. 84 They destroy the worship of the Son of God under an ignorant pretence of Monotheisme; whereas the more distinct knowledge of that one God does not make us less Monotheists than they. 1812Cogan Jewish Disp. ii. §7. 321 The general propensity to the worship of Idols was totally subdued; and they became Monotheists in the strictest sense of the term. 1874Mahaffy Soc. Life Greece xi. 334 Their literary monuments were composed by the cultivated monotheists.
b. attrib. or adj. = next.
1825Gentl. Mag. XCV. i. 235 Abury..might be a temple of the first, or Monotheist Druids. 1872Bagehot Physics & Pol. ii. (1880) 77 The Jews, who were monotheist, were conquered by the Romans who were polytheist. 1875[see polytheist b]. |