Monolatry
belief in the existence of many gods but with the consistent worship of only one deity From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Monolatry (Greek: μόνος [monos] = single, and λατρεία [latreia] = worship) is belief that many gods exist, but that only one of them is worshipped.[1] The term "monolatry" was perhaps first used by Julius Wellhausen.[2]
Monolatry is different from monotheism, which asserts there is only one god, and henotheism, a religious system in which the believer worships one god without denying that others may worship different gods with equal validity.[3]
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