Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to monotheism; of the nature of monotheism; believing in monotheism.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to monotheism.
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- adjective religion Believing in a single
god ,deity ,spirit , etc., especially for an organizedreligion ,faith , orcreed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective believing that there is only one god
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Examples
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The court's reasoning was that the posting of the commandments in the Kentucky courthouses constituted an expression of monotheistic religion but not so in Texas, where the commandments were seen as having more of a secular "educational" purpose.
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And you’d be hard pressed to claim that half the world’s population live in monotheistic cultures even now.
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Sikhism is described as monotheistic unlike the others apart from Islam.
Religion and the BBC Not a sheep 2007
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Since Christians maintained that they were nonetheless monotheistic, that is, they adhered to the Shema—the great confession of Judaism, “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One”—the conclusion became inescapable.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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Since Christians maintained that they were nonetheless monotheistic, that is, they adhered to the Shema—the great confession of Judaism, “Hear O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is One”—the conclusion became inescapable.
The Jesus Dynasty James D. Tabor 2006
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But the reasons brought to bear against suicide by the priests of monotheistic, that is of Jewish religions, and by those philosophers who adapt themselves to it, are weak sophisms easily contradicted. 20 Hume has furnished the most thorough refutation of them in his Essay on Suicide, which did not appear until after his death, and was immediately suppressed by the shameful bigotry and gross ecclesiastical tyranny existing in
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As far as I can see, it is only the followers of monotheistic, that is of Jewish, religions that regard suicide as a crime.
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As far as I know, none but the votaries of monotheistic, that is to say, Jewish religions, look upon suicide as a crime.
Studies in Pessimism 2004
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The reasons advanced against suicide by the clergy of monotheistic, that is to say, Jewish religions, and by those philosophers who adapt themselves thereto, are weak sophisms which can easily be refuted. 19 The most thorough-going refutation of them is given by Hume in his Essay on Suicide.
Studies in Pessimism 2004
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As far as I can see, it is only the followers of monotheistic, that is of Jewish, religions that regard suicide as a crime.
Essays of Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer 1824
polymorph commented on the word monotheistic
What the archaic revival means is shamanism, ecstasy, orgiastic sexuality, and the defeat of the three enemies of the people, and the three enemies of the people are monotheism, monogamy, and monotony.
- Terence McKenna
April 7, 2007