polytheism in English

noun
1
the belief in or worship of more than one god.
He purges them of all traces of polytheism , idol worship and superstition and all that is associated with these rituals, habits and traditions which are unworthy of man.

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1. They believe in Tibetan Buddhism or polytheism.

2. Naxi Dongba religion is an original polytheism, Animist beliefs.

3. Other articles where Anthropomorphic polytheism is discussed: classification of religions: Morphological: …stage of nature religion is Anthropomorphic polytheism, in which the deities appear in human form but have superhuman powers

4. There are passages of the Bible which are compatible with polytheism.

5. And thus a system in theory deistic became a practical polytheism.”

6. I think it's the basis of animism and polytheism and monotheism.

7. The concept spans conceptions from absolute monism to henotheism, monotheism and polytheism.

8. Others may note their own comfort and embrace of ambiguity and polytheism ( many gods ).

9. 2 But for much else in polytheism and monotheism it is of more limited value.

10. Shihchi records, antiquity time, Chu being in vogue witch wind, the people believe in polytheism.

11. The Arawaks practices a form of spirit-and-ancestor-based polytheism, centered on the zemis

12. If the era of religion, or the one God, or main polytheism, ultra God or Baha'is.

13. There was some reversion to polytheism and the religion became more magical and ritualistic than ethical.

14. The conception of Apostasy could not arise in the atmosphere of polytheism practiced in antiquity before the advent of *Hellenism.

15. If the Messiah were called Adonai this would introduce “two Gods” into the Bible and would be polytheism.

16. As a young man he had a prophetic revelation that led him to preach a new faith in place of the prevailing polytheism.

17. Critics of Arianism have said that it encourages polytheism, since it casts Jesus as less than divine but still deserving of worship [source: Britannica].

18. Brahmanism is characterized by polytheism with the inclusion of various local tribal deities in the pantheon, by the retention of animistic and totemistic views, and by ancestor worship

19. Brythonic Polytheism is a religious tradition based on a devotional relationship with one or more of the gods worshipped by the Brythonic peoples inhabiting Britain and Gaul in the Ancient World

20. Akhenaten, considered by many as a heretic Pharaoh, was the ruler responsible for taking ancient Egypt towards an entirely different religious lifestyle, trying to reconstruct religion departing from traditional ancient Egyptian polytheism

21. Synonyms & Antonyms of Credo 1 a body of beliefs and practices regarding the supernatural and the worship of one or more deities the Credo of the ancient Egyptians involved a variety of polytheism

22. "The powers of nature are so grand and awe inspiring that in his poverty of intellect to solve them, he Apotheosises and commences adoring them." "Hence we find polytheism (worship of many Gods

23. Mormonism is a form of polytheism of the Crassest sort, namely, that there are material, physical humanoid gods and goddesses that are responsible for the creation of worlds and who are the gods over these different worlds and universes.

24. ‘The nineteenth century notions of the evolution of religion from primitive Animism to polytheism to monotheism have been falsified in tribe after tribe all over the world.’ ‘Their pre-Christian religion could be described as Animism - the belief that everything is alive with natural or supernatural spirits.’

25. Belarusian: ·god бо́жа мой! ― bóža moj! ― oh my god!··god → the God (in monotheism) / male deity (in polytheism) Synonym: алла́х (alláh) (in Muslim theology) ма́ли бог ― máli Bog ― little god (in the context of Christianity: Jesus Christ) целомъ́дрий бог ― celomǎ́drij Bog ― all-wise god