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  • noun The existence of multiple forms of theism, as in a society.
  • noun archaic Polytheism.

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Examples

  • The simple explanation is that Christianity had to dominate and perhaps wipe out the practices, mores, and customs of the religions it was replacing, and as it spread, it was replacing all sorts of different religions: Roman multitheism, animism, perhaps druidism, and Norse gods, to name a few.

    Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

  • The simple explanation is that Christianity had to dominate and perhaps wipe out the practices, mores, and customs of the religions it was replacing, and as it spread, it was replacing all sorts of different religions: Roman multitheism, animism, perhaps druidism, and Norse gods, to name a few.

    Flushed W. Hodding Carter 2006

  • I want life, not death, peace, not war, multiculture not monoculture, multitheism not monotheism, and the police and tube staff and emergency services to be left alone to do their jobs without dealing with idiots.

    Murderous death-fetishists Rachel 2005

  • I want life, not death, peace, not war, multiculture not monoculture, multitheism not monotheism, and the police and tube staff and emergency services to be left alone to do their jobs without dealing with idiots.

    Archive 2005-07-01 Rachel 2005

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