Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Explain henotheism
Polytheism
Monotheism
Pantheism
Deism
Monolatry
Animism
Theism
Nearby Words
henles-loop
henley
henley on thame...
henley shirt
henley-on-thame...
henley-shirt
henlike
henna
hennepin
hennery
hennes
hennessey
hennin
hennish
hennotannic
henoch
henoch-schönlei...
henogamy
henoge ny
henothe'istic
henotheism
henotheist
henotheistic
henotic
henpeck
henri
henri arnaud
henri b constan...
henri b. consta...
henri barbusse
henri becquerel
henri benjamin ...
henri berg son
henri berg-son
henri bergson
henri bouchard
henri bourassa
henri breuil
henri cartier b...
henri cartier-b...
henri cartierbr...
henotheism
[
hen
-
uh
-thee-iz-
uh
m
]
Origin
Einstein's God - Cosmos
www.pantheism.net/
Pantheism reveres Nature and celebrates Life
Get The Dictionary.com Mobile App!
www.dictionary.com/mobile
Enjoy Exclusive Features like Voice Search! iPhone, Android, iPad, BlackBerry, Windows & More. Download Now!
Ads
hen·o·the·ism
/
ˈhɛn
ə
θiˌɪz
əm
/
Show Spelled
[
hen
-
uh
-thee-iz-
uh
m
]
Show IPA
noun
1.
the worship of a particular god, as by a family or tribe, without disbelieving in the existence of others.
2.
ascription of supreme divine attributes to whichever one of several gods is addressed at the time.
Origin:
1855–60;
<
Greek
heno-,
combining form of
hén
one (neuter of
heîs
) +
theism
Related forms
hen·o·the·ist,
noun
hen·o·the·is·tic,
adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
henotheism
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Henotheism
is always a great word to know.
So is
zedonk
. Does it mean:
So is
bezoar
. Does it mean:
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
henotheism
(ˈhɛnəʊθiːˌɪzəm)
—
n
the worship of one deity (of several) as the special god of one's family, clan, or tribe
[C19: from Greek
heis
one +
theos
god]
'henotheist
—
n
henothe'istic
—
adj
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
henotheism
1860, from Gk. henos "one." Belief in a single god without asserting that he is the only god. Coined by (Friedrich) Max Müller (1823-1900), professor of comparative philology at Oxford.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo Rating For
Henotheism
People who can define
Henotheism
may know
20,047
words, as many as a
7th grader.
How many words do you know?
Remove ads like these. Upgrade now!
Quote Of The Day
"Good writing is always a breaking of the soil, clearing away prejudices, pulling up of sour weeds of crooked thinking, stripping the turf so as to get at what is fertile beneath. It would be amusing to carry the simile further. Those bulbs that flower in the sand and wither! The gay fiction annual that has to be planted again every year! Those experimental plants from Russia, France, and Greenwich Village that are always getting winter killed—confound 'em!—is it worth while planting them again? The stocky perennial that keeps coming up and coming up—so easy to grow and so ugly. Scarlet sage that gives a touch of fiery sin to the edge of the suburbanite's concrete walk! And then the good flowers—as honest as they are beautiful! The well-ordered gar den! The climbing rose that escapes and is the most beautiful of all!"
-Henry Seidel Canby
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT