Meanings
- uncountableA belief in four gods.
- uncountableChristianityThe belief that there are four elements in the Christian Godhead—the three hypostases (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) of the Trinity and a divine essence out of which each of these originates.
1 more example
[…] "consubstantial Trinity" could have been a reaction against the supposed heresy of […] Damian […] who was accused of "tetratheism" (or "tetradism", distinguishing four different entities in the Godhead), a response to, but as it seems a variant of, the very influential "tritheism" of John Philoponus (distinguishing three Deities in the Trinity) […]
2002, Hans Hauben, “On the Invocation of the 'Holy and Consubstantial Trinity' in Byzantine Oath and Dating Formulas”, in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik, volume 139, Bonn: Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH, →ISSN, →JSTOR, page 160
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷetwóres
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷétwores
- Ancient Greekτέσσᾰρες (téssăres)
- Ancient Greekτετρᾰ- (tetră-)
- Englishtetra-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰéh₁s
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁sós
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰehós
- Ancient Greekθεός (theós)
- Ancient Greekθεο- (theo-)
- Latintheo-
- Englishtheo-
- Englishtheism
- Englishtetratheism
Cite this entry
tetratheism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetratheism
“tetratheism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tetratheism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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