Definition of Henotheism

1. n. Primitive religion in which each of several divinities is regarded as independent, and is worshiped without reference to the rest.

Definition of Henotheism

1. Noun. Belief in or worship of one deity without denying the existence of other deities. ¹

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Definition of Henotheism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Henotheism

hennin
henning
hennins
hennish
hennishly
hennomartinite
hennotannic
hennotannic acid
hennoxazole
hennoxazoles
henny
henoch-schoenlein syndrome
henogenesis
henological
henology
henotheism (current term)
henotheisms
henotheist
henotheistic
henotheists
henotic
henpeck
henpecked
henpecking
henpecks
henpuye
henries
henritermierite
henroost
henroosts

Literary usage of Henotheism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the by Friedrich Max Müller (1879)
"This is what I call henotheism, a worship of single gods, which must be carefully ... FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF henotheism. Let us now see what became of this ..."

2. Classical Studies in Honour of Henry Drisler by Henry Drisler (1894)
"If, therefore, henotheism, as a phase of religion, were a fact that could be ... What, however, is henotheism, and by what signs is it distinguishable from ..."

3. The Contemporary Review (1878)
"ON henotheism, POLYTHEISM, MONOTHEISM, AND ATHEISM.* Is Monotheism n Primitive Form of Religioni IF you consider how natural, how intelligible, ..."

4. The Six Systems of Indian Philosophy by Friedrich Max Müller (1899)
"Professor Weber has strangely misunderstood me if he imagines that I designated this phase of religious thought as henotheism. henotheism. ..."

5. The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study by Jean-Marie Guyau (1897)
"I. Idealist Theory which Attributes the Origin of Religion to a Notion of the Infinite—henotheism of Max Miiller and Von Hartmann—M. Renan's Instinct for ..."

6. The Hibbert Lectures by Hibbert Trust (1880)
"Further development of henotheism. Let us now see what became of this Vedic henotheism in its further development. First of all, we find that several of ..."

7. The Christian Platonists of Alexandria: Eight Lectures Preached Before the by Charles Bigg (1886)
"This mode of conception—it has been called henotheism—is an intermediate stage ... henotheism, however, preserves in a confused way the personality of the ..."

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