Meanings
plural polydeists
- A person who believes in polydeism.
Since they do not believe in a plurality of deities, perhaps they should be regarded as monodeists rather than polydeists.
2001, Ramon M. Lemos, A Neomedieval Essay in Philosophical Theology, page 341 more example
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).
2007, Gordon M. Hahn, Russia's Islamic threat, page 122
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Englishdeist
- Englishpolydeist
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