Henotheism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Belief in one god without denying the existence of others.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A name given to an asserted characteristic of the oldest Hindu religion (of the Vedas), as ascribing supreme power to different gods in turn: hence also sometimes applied to similar phases of other polytheistic religions.
  • Word Usage
    "Recently, while browsing through the dictionary, I came across the word henotheism, defined as "the worship of one of a group of gods, in contrast with monotheism, which teaches that only one god exists.""
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