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polytheˈistical, a.
[f. as prec. + -al1: see -ical.]
†a. = prec. Obs.
b. In distinctive sense: Having a polytheistic character or quality.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. 298 That Orpheus, the Orphick Doctrine, and Poems, were Polytheistical, is a thing acknowledged by all. 1748Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. 191 Remarks upon the Polytheistical Religions of the Antient World. 1847Lewes Hist. Philos. (1867) I. 47 He was a monotheist in contradistinction to his polytheistical contemporaries. 1870Disraeli Lothair xxx.
Hence polytheˈistically adv.
1846Worcester cites Dr. Allen. 1909W. James Pluralistic Universe viii. 310 It [sc. the superhuman consciousness] may be polytheistically or it may be monotheistically conceived of. |