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polytheist

NOUN
  1. one who believes in a plurality of gods

How To Use polytheist In A Sentence

  • A CIVILIZATION B SCIENCE/TECH C GOVERNMENT D RELIGION E SOCIOECONOMICS A Akkad B metallurgy walled cities irrigation C strong centraL authority controlled several city-states and kept peace (for a while) quelled dissent with violence D polytheistic tradition centered on city gods, fertility goddess and harvest deities hepatoscopy (examining sheep livers for omens) When The Comet Flew Through Ancient Evenings
  • Their abattoirs employ machine slaughter wherever possible and do not hesitate to employ pagans and polytheists, e.g. Chinese, Koreans, etc. to carry our slaughter.
  • In their view, many people who claim to be monotheists are actually polytheists and idolaters.
  • I suppose I am formally polytheistic, philosophically pantheistic, and intellectually agnostic (or maybe I would call myself a autotheist in the sense of believing that the gods are part of the self), yet I spend an hour every day studying subjects related to my religion (history, anthropology, etc). The Volokh Conspiracy » Considering a Candidate’s Religion:
  • Ghazali bitterly denounced Plato, Socrates and other Greek writers as mushrikuwn 'polytheist' and labelled those who employed their methods and ideas as corrupters of the Islamic faith. Archive 2005-10-01
  • Damian, terms like "Sabean" can get a bit confusing, since more than one group has had a name that was similar, and after the Qur'an gave them the thumbs up, many wanted to claim the safe haven provided by that umbrella e.g. most famously the "Sabeans of Harran", who were simply 'classic polytheists'. Muslims, Baptists and Sabeans in Sunday School
  • It is offensive to those who are atheists or agnostics or polytheists.
  • In their view, many people who claim to be monotheists are actually polytheists and idolaters.
  • Finally, does anyone else note that Catholicism is a polytheist religion? Harlan Ellison on God
  • That excludes polytheistic Americans like Hindus, nontheistic Buddhists and the 16 percent of us with no religious affiliation. Roy Speckhardt: Choosing Faith Over Freedom
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