Henotheism Definition

hĕnə-thē-ĭzəm
noun
Belief in or worship of one god without denying the existence of others.
Webster's New World
other

Kathenotheism.

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Other Word Forms of Henotheism

Noun

Singular:
henotheism
Plural:
henotheisms

Origin of Henotheism

  • Greek heno- (from heis hen- one sem-1 in Indo-European roots) Greek theos god dhēs- in Indo-European roots –ism

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From German Henotheismus, coined 19th century by Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling, from Ancient Greek ἕν (hen) (stem of εἷς (heis, “one”)) + Theismus

    From Wiktionary

Henotheism Sentence Examples

  • Indian Vedic henotheism (otherwise called kathenotheism); 3 Semitic monolatry, so important as the probable starting-point of religious development in Israel; the Greek use of " Zeus " almost as we say " God " - even the attempt to arrange deities in a monarchical pantheon, all show the tendency, though it so seldom attains a real victory.

  • It marks the highest point to which the Hebrew race attained in its progress from henotheism to monotheism.

  • Varuna or Indra was for the time being the only god within the worshipper's view; and to this mode of thought he gave the name Henotheism.'

  • In other words, the ordinary Israelite worshipper of Yahweh was at this time far removed from monotheism, and still remained in the preliminary stage of henotheism, which regarded Yahweh as sole god of Israel and Israel's land, but at the same time recognized the existence and power of the deities of other lands and peoples.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEN

Words Ending With

MSMISM

Unscrambles

henotheism

Words Starting With H and Ending With M

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