allotheistic
allotheistic adjective: of or relating to allotheism.
Adjective
allotheistic (comparative more allotheistic, superlative most allotheistic)
- Of or relating to allotheism.
- And he inveighed against Candle-mas as an allotheistic thing, a burning of tapers to Februa; and he indicted the vanity of Shrove-tide, with its cock-scaling in honor not of Christ but Themistocles...1977, John B. Sanford, View from This Wilderness: American Literature As History, page 45
- Wearers of sheets prepared for a migration across the river. Down into the river they went, allotheistic teens, shawls wrapped snugly around them, to ford the river called Tokeneke, rock by rock.2000, Rick Moody, Demonology: Stories, page 221
Forms of allotheistic
| comparative | more allotheistic |
|---|---|
| superlative | most allotheistic |
Origin of allotheistic
From allo- + theistic.
Questions about allotheistic
- What does allotheistic mean?
- Allotheistic means of or relating to allotheism.
- What part of speech is allotheistic?
- Allotheistic is an adjective.
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