"monotheist" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-monotheist.wav [US] Forms: monotheists [plural]
Etymology: From mono- (“one, singular”) + theist (“believer in God or gods”) after the model of earlier atheist, polytheist, &c. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mono|theist|t1=one, singular|t2=believer in God or gods}} mono- (“one, singular”) + theist (“believer in God or gods”), {{m|en|atheist}} atheist, {{m|en|polytheist}} polytheist Head templates: {{en-noun}} monotheist (plural monotheists)
  1. A believer of monotheism, the doctrine that there is a single divine being in the universe. Wikipedia link: monotheist Categories (topical): People, Religion Synonyms: unitarian Hyponyms: Jew, Christian, Muslim, People of the Book Related terms: bitheist, atheist, pantheist, polytheist, deist, agnostic, apatheist Translations (a believer in monotheism): monoteista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), monoteisti (Finnish), monothéiste (French), Monotheist [masculine] (German), Monotheistin [feminine] (German), एकेश्वरवादी (ekeśvarvādī) [masculine] (Hindi), aondiach [masculine] (Irish), биркудайчы (birkudaycı) (Kyrgyz), биртеңирчи (birteŋirci) (Kyrgyz), monoteista [masculine] (Polish), jednobożca [masculine, rare] (Polish), jednobożnik [masculine, rare] (Polish), monoteísta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), монотеи́ст (monotɛíst) [masculine] (Russian), монотеи́стка (monotɛístka) [feminine] (Russian), monoteísta [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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