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Monolatry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A belief system with one god who can take on multiple faces (the One and the Many). Coined by Egyptologist Erik Hornung in his book Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many to characterise Kemetic religions (northern Egypt; Nile delta). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god wordnet
  3. 3
    The worship of a single deity (possibly while believing in the existence of others). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From mono- + -latry.

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