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monolatry
[ muh-nol-uh-tree ]
noun
- the worship of only one god although other gods are recognized as existing.
monolatry
/ mɒˈnɒlətə; mɒˈnɒlətrɪ /
noun
- the exclusive worship of one god without excluding the existence of others
Derived Forms
- ˈԴDZٰdzܲ, adjective
- monolater, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- ·ԴDZ··ٱ [m, uh, -, nol, -, uh, -ter], ·ԴDZa·ٰ noun
- ·ԴDZa·ٰdzܲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of monolatry1
Example Sentences
The first precept of the Philonic scheme enjoins monolatry, the second expresses God’s spiritual and transcendental nature.
In ancestral sciotheism, and in this monolatry, the ethical code, often of a very high order, comes into closer relation with the theological creed.
Thus was established a monolatry which was practically monotheism, though a theory of absolute monotheism was never formulated by the pre-Christian Jews.
This is 'monolatry,' and 'the ethical code, often of a very high order, comes into closer relation with the theological creed,' why, we are not informed.
Exclusive monolatry is by no means innate in the cultus; it can only be deduced from considerations which are foreign to the nature of the cultus: it is the antitype of strict monotheism.
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