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noun
A believer of monotheism, the doctrine that there is a single divine being in the universe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: unitarian
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: theist
Narrower terms: Jew, Christian, Muslim, People of the Book
noun
a believer in one god
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: believer, worshiper, worshipper
History
From mono- (“one, singular”) + theist (“believer in God or gods”) after the model of earlier atheist, polytheist, &c.
Across languages
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
