English Explanatory Dictionary

monolatry

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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).

Word forms

monolatry monolatries

Etymology

From mono- + -latry.

Synonyms

monolatrism

Related words

monolater monolatrist monolatrous
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