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polytheism|ˈpɒlɪθiːɪz(ə)m|
Also 7 poli-, polu-, (polythisme).
[ad. F. polythéisme (16th c.), f. Gr. πολύθεος of or belonging to many gods (f. πολυ-, poly- + θέος god): see -ism.]
Belief in, or worship of, many gods (or more than one God).
1613Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 49 An exchanged Polytheisme in worshipping of Saints, Images, and the Host. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 315 Some Temples..furnisht with wooden gods for politheisme. 1658Bp. Reynolds Van. Creature Wks. (1679) 8 There is yet a bitter root of Atheisme, and of Polutheisme in the minds of Men by nature. 1782Priestley Corrupt. Chr. I. i. 101 Celsus..justifies the polytheism of the heathens. 1835Thirlwall Greece I. vi. 183 It has sometimes been made a question whether polytheism or monotheism is the more ancient form of natural religion. |