Definition of Henotheist

1. Noun. one who practices henotheism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Henotheist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Henotheist

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

Literary usage of Henotheist

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

1. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1885)
"To believe in many gods and in no one as of essentially superior rank to the rest is, according to him, to be a henotheist; to believe in one supreme god, ..."

2. The Old Testament in the Light of To-day: A Study in Moral Development by William Frederic Badè (1915)
"It follows that, like the latter, he is not a monotheist, but a henotheist. Since they were practically contemporaries, the evidence on this point in their ..."

3. Faiths of Man: A Cyclopædia of Religions by James George Roche Forlong (1906)
"But like other ancient peoples the Egyptian was a henotheist—he selected Amen from many other gods—and by the time of the 19th dynasty the Pantheistic stage ..."

4. A Short History of Philosophy by Archibald Browning Drysdale Alexander (1908)
"We need not enter into the vexed question whether Xenophanes advocated a pure monotheism, as Adams holds, or was, as Gomperz styles him, a henotheist,—ie a ..."

5. Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical by Victoria Institute (Great Britain) (1880)
"... of course, personified, the worshipper thus became a henotheist, or one who adores many gods, any one of whom may be regarded in turn as the highest. ..."

6. The Failure of the "higher Criticism" of the Bible by Emil Reich (1905)
"... Amos and Hosea addressed the Hebrews with signal success; so much so that the Hebrews readily changed their heathenish, henotheist belief in Jahwe to a ..."

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