How to Use monotheistic in a Sentence

monotheistic

adjective
  • Glass had chosen the pharaoh because he is thought to have been the first monotheistic ruler.
    — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Western ideas about angels can be traced through the Bible — and to the worldviews of its monotheistic authors, Garrett said.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 2023-08-01
  • Here’s a look at Judaism, the monotheistic (belief in one God) religion of the Jewish people.
    — CNN, 2021-08-23
  • Muslims believe that Abraham, as instructed by God, built the first house of worship for God to be worshiped in a monotheistic way.
    — Manal Aman, Good Housekeeping, 2023-06-19
  • One of the points of continuing to revere the ancient gods in a censorious, monotheistic age was to permit people to see (and write poems about) what was otherwise forbidden.
    — Washington Post, 2022-10-26
  • The great monotheistic religions, meanwhile, have looked to history to teach awe of God’s power and to reveal the unfolding of His plans for humanity.
    — David A. Bell, The New York Review of Books, 2023-06-01
  • In any case, in Mesopotamia outside forces can not account from the shift from institutional polytheism to monotheistic universalist religion.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 2012-08-10
  • Everyone agrees about Tut’s father—Akhenaten, who imposed a monotheistic religion on Egypt, a land whose people had worshiped multiple deities.
    — John Anderson, WSJ, 2022-11-22
  • Valdemar was typical of the pagan Eastern European rulers of his day, considering multiple monotheistic options before choosing the one that made the most strategic sense.
    — Timothy Snyder, The New Yorker, 2022-04-28
  • All three of the world’s major monotheistic religions – Judaism, Christianity, and Islam – trace their origin to Abraham in their sacred texts.
    — Janet Yarlott Horton, The Christian Science Monitor, 2021-08-31
  • Biblical texts also paint an image of Judeans in this long era turning inward, focusing on their temple cult that revolved around a monotheistic deity and embracing strict dietary rules, as well as taboos on animal and human images.
    — Andrew Lawler, Scientific American, 2022-04-01
  • Cross-border brotherhood The Druze are a monotheistic religious community that split from a branch of Shiite Islam in the 11th century.
    — Asher Kaufman, The Conversation, 21 July 2025
  • Judaism, Christianity and also Islam all are monotheistic, have similar roots and belong to the family of Abrahamic religions.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2021-07-25
  • Founded in the 15th century in the Punjab region of India, Sikhism is a monotheistic religion that emphasizes equality among people and a commitment to social service.
    — Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle, 2021-09-12
  • Coptic Cairo Coptic Cairo, also known in Arabic as Mogamaa Al-Adyan (complex of religions), is the site of ancient places of worship of the three monotheistic traditions.
    — Nada El Sawy, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Rome has sheltered polytheistic pagans and monotheistic Jews, adherents of Middle Eastern cults, and, in more recent times, a sizable multinational Muslim community.
    — David Laskin Martin Pauer, New York Times, 2023-05-01

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