allotheism
allotheism noun: worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
Noun
allotheism (uncountable)
- Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
- I consider that in the first commandment where atheism and polytheism and allotheism are forbidden directly and principally.1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC
- 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.1864, James Gracey Murphy, Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Genesis, page 464
allotheism meaning in Tamil
allotheism in Tamil
- விசித்திரன்ன தெய்வங்களின் வழிபாட்டுமுறை, அயல்வழிபாட்டுமுறை
Origin of allotheism
From allo- + theism.
Words formed from allotheism
- allotheist
- allotheistic
- allotheistical
- allotheistically
- allotheists
Questions about allotheism
- What does allotheism mean?
- Allotheism means worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
- What is allotheism in Tamil?
- Allotheism in Tamil is விசித்திரன்ன தெய்வங்களின் வழிபாட்டுமுறை, அயல்வழிபாட்டுமுறை. See Allotheism meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is allotheism?
- Allotheism is a noun.
Words near allotheism in the dictionary
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