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monolatry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mono-la-try
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A belief system with one god who can take on multiple faces (the One and the Many). Coined by Egyptologist Erik Hornung in his book Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many to characterise Kemetic religions (northern Egypt; Nile delta).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The worship of a single deity (possibly while believing in the existence of others).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From mono- + -latry.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

monolatries (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

monolater monolatrist monolatrous

Synonyms

monolatrism

Questions

What does monolatry mean?
A belief system with one god who can take on multiple faces (the One and the Many). Coined by Egyptologist Erik Hornung in his book Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: The One and the Many to characterise Kemetic religions (northern Egypt; Nile delta).
Where does monolatry come from?
From mono- + -latry.

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