noun

• Adherence to one particular god out of several, especially by a family, tribe, or other group.

  ‘Some Indologists labeled the Hinduism they encountered polytheistic; others even coined new terms, like henotheism, to describe this baffling array of spiritual traditions.’

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  • ‘Bottero's concise explanation of henotheism clarifies how a pantheon, with its bewildering myriad of gods, becomes personalised through personal preference for a single deity.’
  • ‘Probably the initial development of henotheism is in the idea of a patron deity for a city or country.’
  • ‘In other words, there is a monarchical structure in political life paralleled by henotheism in religion.’
  • ‘Egyptian henotheism understood existence as the result of the activity of a single creator together with his company.’