monotheism
(ˈmɒnəʊθiːɪz(ə)m)
[f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + θε-ός god + -ism. Cf. F. monothéisme.]
The doctrine or belief that there is only one God.
| 1660 H. More Myst. Godl. iii. ii. 62 But thus to make the World God, it to make all; and therefore this Kinde of Monotheisme of the Heathen is as rank Atheisme as their Polytheisme was proved to be before. 1736 Bailey (folio) Pref. (end), Monotheism, the Doctrine or Principles of the Unitarians. 1812 Cogan Jewish Disp. ii. §7. 322 [The Jews] have continued firm..in their adherence to pure Monotheism, under every persecution. 1865 Lecky Ration. (1878) II. 277 A race whose pure monotheism formed a marked contrast to the scarcely disguised polytheism of the Spanish Catholics. 1876 Gladstone in Contemp. Rev. June 18 The only large monotheism known to historic times is that of Mahomet. |