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polytheist

[pah-lee-thee-ist] / ˈpɑ liˌθi ɪst /


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Any vision for a renewed polytheist empire ended with his death.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

In 622, Muhammad’s twelfth year of prophecy, his community fled persecution and increasing aggression by the polytheist Meccans.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

"I think I'm a polytheist, in as much as I believe in multiple divinities."

From The Guardian Jun. 27, 2014

The polytheist is not surprised the world seems capricious, illogical, anarchic.

From Time Magazine Archive

“As a Hindu, I’m a polytheist, as you well know.”

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

Like the people of Mesopotamia, Ancient Egyptians were polytheists and worshipped many deities who controlled the forces of nature.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

About 1.5% of the American population identifies as “other faiths,” including “Unitarians, those who identify with Native American religions, Pagans, Wiccans, New Agers, deists, Scientologists, pantheists, polytheists, Satanists and Druids, to name just a few.”

From Salon May 7, 2017

Mr. Barber, of the University of Chicago, said that the focus on Yazidis was likely because they are polytheists, with an oral tradition rather than a written scripture.

From New York Times Aug. 13, 2015

For animists and polytheists, the natural world is full of spirits.

From BBC May 3, 2013

In religion they were polytheists; they believed that, in the work of Creation, many Powers participated; that some of these Powers were benevolent, some malevolent, whilst others—neither benevolent nor malevolent—were merely neutral.

From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott




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