lhenothéisme
Henotheism, also spelled hénothéisme in French, is a religious concept in which a practitioner worships one god as supreme while acknowledging the existence or possible existence of other gods, whom they do not worship exclusively. The term derives from Greek hen, “one,” and theos, “god.” Unlike monotheism, which asserts the existence of a single god to the exclusion of others, and polytheism, which venerates multiple gods, henotheism maintains a hierarchical structure in which a single deity is the focus of devotion while other deities remain part of the belief system.
Henotheism has been used to describe certain phases of ancient religions and some contemporary practices. In
Scholars distinguish henotheism from monolatry, the exclusive worship of one god without explicit belief in others,
See also: Monotheism, Polytheism, Monolatry, Hinduism, Vedic religion.