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monolatries

monolatries is the plural of monolatry.

Meaning of monolatry

Noun

monolatry (countable and uncountable, plural monolatries)

  1. 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).
  2. The worship of a single deity (possibly while believing in the existence of others).
    Synonyms:
    monolatrism

Questions about monolatries

What is monolatries the plural of?
Monolatries is the plural of monolatry.

Words near monolatries in the dictionary

  1. monolaryngealism
  2. monolater
  3. monolateral
  4. monolaterally
  5. monolaters
  6. monolatries
  7. monolatrism
  8. monolatrist
  9. monolatristic
  10. monolatrists
  11. monolatrous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monolatries (page history and authors); monolatry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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