单词 | polytheistically |
释义 | polytheisticallyadv. In a polytheistic manner; involving or referring to more than one god. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > [adverb] > polytheistically polytheistically1909 1778 W. Burgh Inq. Belief Christians ii. 136 We do not polytheistically say there are therefore two, or three Gods, but on the contrary, that there is but one God. 1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe viii. 310 It [sc. the superhuman consciousness] may be polytheistically or it may be monotheistically conceived of. 1949 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 80 25 Fifth- and fourth-century Greeks could talk monotheistically and polytheistically at the same time and without appearing to be aware of a contradiction. 1980 J. Whitcut in L. Michaels & C. B. Ricks State of Lang. 95 God is a vocative..or a name..unless we are thinking polytheistically. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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