kathenotheism

noun

kathen·​o·​theism

(ˈ)kat¦henōthēˌizəm,

kaˈthe-;

(¦)kat¦henō¦th-,

ka¦thenō¦th-

: the worship of one god at a time as supreme without denying the existence of other gods and including the tendency to make different gods supreme one after the other compare henotheism

Word History

Etymology

katheno- (from Greek kath' hena one at a time, from kata down, according to, by + hena, accusative singular masculine of heis one) + theism

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