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Definition of Monolatry
1. Noun. The worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god.
Definition of Monolatry
1. n. Worship of a single deity.
Definition of Monolatry
1. Noun. The worship of a single deity (while believing in the existence of others) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monolatry
Literary usage of Monolatry
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 Religion by Claude Goldsmid Montefiore (1892)
"monolatry as law, not as custom, will alone explain the supremacy of ... monolatry,
it is true, implies more than the abstract assertion of the worship of a ..."
2. The Hibbert Lectures by Hibbert Trust (1892)
"monolatry as law, not as custom, will alone explain the supremacy of ... monolatry,
it is true, implies more than the abstract assertion of the worship of a ..."
3. Biblical Dogmatics: An Exposition of the Principal Doctrines of the Holy by Milton Spenser Terry (1907)
"The Concept of monolatry. The language of the biblical record favors the belief
that the concept of God, prevalent with the ancient Hebrew patriarchs and ..."
4. King David of Israel: A Study in the Evolution of Ethics by Charles Callaway (1905)
"But any conclusions we may build upon the slender material at our command are
lacking in solidity. (c) Semitic Polytheism and monolatry. ..."
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