allotheism
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I consider that in the first commandment where atheism and polytheism and allotheism are forbidden directly and principally."
- "But we should not forget that the world was yet too young to have arrived at the rigid and sharply-defined systems of polytheism or allotheism to which we are accustomed."
- "The inhabitants, also, of Ur had fallen into polytheism, or, if we may so speak, allotheism, the worship of other gods."
- "There is no allotheism in Islam. Muslims do not anthropomorphise or, conversely, encourage belief in anthropolatry."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *ál͏̌l͏̌os Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁sós Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der. Latin theo-der. English theo- Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English theism English allotheism From allo- + theism.