allotheism

allotheism
The worship of strange gods

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  • Allotheism — Al lo*the*ism, n. [Gr. ? other + ? god.] The worship of strange gods. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • allotheism — noun Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to ones own land. I consider that in the first commandment where atheism and polytheism and allotheism are forbidden directly and principally …   Wiktionary

  • allotheism — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ)thēˌizəm noun ( s) Etymology: all + theism : the worship of foreign or unsanctioned gods commandments against allotheism and polytheism …   Useful english dictionary

  • allotheism — Synonyms and related words: acosmism, animatism, animism, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism, anthropotheism, autotheism, cosmotheism, deism, ditheism, dualism, dyotheism, heathendom, heathenism, heathenry, henotheism, hylotheism, idolatry,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • allotheism — belief in or worship of strange gods Forms of Worship …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • allotheism — n. worship of other gods …   English contemporary dictionary

  • allotheism — al·lo·the·ism …   English syllables

  • allotheism —   n. worship of strange gods …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • allotheistic — adjective Of or relating to allotheism. And he inveighed against Candle mas as an allotheistic thing, a burning of tapers to Februa; and he indicted the vanity of Shrove tide, with its cock scaling in honor not of Christ but Themistocles …   Wiktionary

  • animism — Synonyms and related words: Berkeleianism, Hegelianism, Kantianism, Neoplatonism, Platonic form, Platonic idea, Platonism, absolute idealism, allotheism, animatism, form, heathendom, heathenism, heathenry, hylozoism, idealism, idolatry,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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