Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by polytheism : as, polytheistic belief or worship.
- Believing in a plurality of gods: as, a polytheistic writer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to polytheism; characterized by polytheism; professing or advocating polytheism
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- adjective of or relating to
polytheism
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective worshipping or believing in more than one god
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Examples
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So long as natural action was supposed to be in the immediate control of numerous gods and demigods, so long, in a word, as the explanation of Nature was what we term polytheistic, this association of science with other forms of learning was not only natural but inevitable.
Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 1873
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In light of the transparently humanist program of the tempietti — a Christian chapel juxtaposed with "polytheistic" muses — the phrase "Regna Poly" stands out, especially considering the soon-to-be-published Hypnerotomachia poliphilo, a work dedicated to Guidobaldo da Montefeltro. back
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Some of our sources are Shiites and Sunnis from non-Wahhabi traditions -- people condemned as "polytheistic" or "deviant" or "bad" in these texts -- others are simply frustrated that these books do so little to prepare young students for the modern world.
This is a Saudi textbook. (After the intolerance was removed.) 2007
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"Psalm 82: 8, the most 'polytheistic' of passages in the Hebrew Bible, the idea of a real kinship of nature between 'the Most High' and his 'sons', the gods, is already contradicted by the former's judgment that the latter 'will die like humans' (Ps. 82: 7)."
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Some modern-day pagans are polytheistic, meaning they believe in many gods; some are monotheistic (one god); and others are pantheists, or they believe that God is everything and everything is God, according to Web sites devoted to the subject.
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You know all those deities -- the gods and goddesses that cause outsiders to think Hinduism is polytheistic?
Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011
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You know all those deities -- the gods and goddesses that cause outsiders to think Hinduism is polytheistic?
Philip Goldberg: Colbert: Try Hinduism For Lent Philip Goldberg 2011
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Many Hindus would disagree with you of course that their religion is polytheistic.
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Williams also criticized the Governor for sitting cross-legged with a "dot on his forehead," and described the ceremony as "polytheistic."
Mike Ghouse: Senator Williams' Remarks Offended Hindus Mike Ghouse 2011
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Truly polytheistic Europagan groups (such as the druids) are much smaller, despite the fact that they are often older.
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