• Polydeist

    Alternative forms

    • may be hyphenated or expressed as a phrase: poly-deist, poly deist
    • either the P or both the P and D may be capitalized: Polydeist, PolyDeist
    • variations of capitalization and spacing may be combined: Poly-deist, Poly-Deist, Poly Deist, Poly deist

    Full definition of polydeist

    Noun

    polydeist

    (plural polydeists)
    1. A person who believes in polydeism.
      • 2001, Ramon M. Lemos, A Neomedieval Essay in Philosophical Theology, p. 34:Since they do not believe in a plurality of deities, perhaps they should be regarded as monodeists rather than polydeists.
      • 2007, Gordon M. Hahn, Russia's Islamic threat, p. 122:Shariah expresses the Salafists' emphasis on jihad not simply against non-believers but against Sufi "polydeists" (mnogobozhniki) in its 9 April 2005 message, quoting a verse from the Koran frequently cited by Salafists: "Kill the polydeists everwhere you find them, sieze them, fight them, and set up ambushes against them in every place" (9:5).
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