Etymology

monolatry

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Today it means: 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). Full definition →

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