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noun
- Belief of the existence of many gods who collectively set the universe in motion, then ceased to interact with it.
- (rare): polytheism
- Almost all women-led religions relate to many spirits, gods, or ancestors"even in cultural contexts in which the mainstream religion is monotheistic... Two women- led religions, the Shakers and Christian Science, do not fit this polydeistic pattern. w:Susan Starr Sered, Susan Sered, Women of the Sacred Groves: Divine Priestesses of Okinawa (1999) p. 62.
Etymology: (blend, polytheism, deism); from ( 'poly-' ), "many" and deus, "God".
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