monolatrous

Updated: June 17, 2025

The religious ideas expressed in such compositions varied with time and place, but they show a general tendency toward a monolatrous or henotheistic point of view and toward higher ethical and spiritual feeling. Many of the Egyptian hymns seem to be substantially monotheistic, and the same thing is true of the Babylonian, the Assyrian, and the Vedic.

Crawford Howell Toy - Introduction to the History of Religions: Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV