Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
noun
- the worship of a particular god, as by a family or tribe, without disbelieving in the existence of others.
- ascription of supreme divine attributes to whichever one of several gods is addressed at the time.
noun
- the worship of one deity (of several) as the special god of one’s family, clan, or tribe
1860, from Greek henos, neuter of eis “one” (from PIE *sem- “one, as one”) + theism. Devotion to a single god without asserting that he is the only god. Coined by (Friedrich) Max Müller (1823-1900), professor of comparative philology at Oxford. Related: Henotheist.