Pŏl'y-thē'ism, n.

n. [Fr. polythéisme, It. & Sp. politéismo, from Gr. πολὺς, many, and θεός, god.]

1. The state of being a polytheist; the doctrine or belief of a polytheist.
2. The doctrine of a plurality of gods or invisible beings superior to man, and having an agency in the government of the world. Stillingfleet.