heno-, hen- (Greek: one; used as a prefix).henotheism:
A kind of polytheism in which one god of the pantheon is raised over the others. Coined by Friedrich Max Mueller (1823-1900), professor of comparative philology at Oxford, in his "Lecture on the Origin and Growth of Religion" (1878). It is also defined as, "the worship of one of a group of gods, in contrast with monotheism, which teaches that only one god exists." A henotheist is an adherent of henotheism.
hendiadys:
A figure of speech in which two words connected by a conjunction are used to express a single notion that would normally be expressed by an adjective and a noun [or expressed by two nouns or two adjectives joined, rather than by an adjective-noun combination] such as "grace and favor" instead of "gracious favor"; or as Virgil wrote: "We drink from cups and gold" (instead of "golden cups").
henopoeia:
A figure of speech by which a number of things are considered as one.
henotic:
Tending to make into one; unifying; reconciling, harmonizing.
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