monolatry

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ -latry.

Noun

monolatry (countable and uncountable, plural monolatries)

  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).
  2. The worship of a single deity (possibly while believing in the existence of others).
    Synonym: monolatrism
    Hypernym: henotheism

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