What does "tritheism" mean?

A belief in three gods, especially the nontrinitarian doctrine that God the Son, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit are separate gods which is condemned as heresy by most Christian denominations.

What is a synonym for "tritheism"?

Common synonyms include: allotheism, anthropomorphism, deism, ditheism, dualism, monotheism.

Tritheism

noun

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Noun

1
A belief in three gods, especially the nontrinitarian doctrine that God the Son, God the Father, and the Holy Spirit are separate gods which is condemned as heresy by most Christian denominations. uncountable, usually
2
(Christianity) the heretical belief that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are three separate gods wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

allotheism anthropomorphism deism ditheism dualism monotheism

Etymology

From tri- + theism.

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