or, before a vowel, the-, repr. Gr. θεο-, stem of θεός God; in many compounds adopted from, or formed on the analogy of, Greek, or from Greek (rarely Latin or other) elements. See in their alphabetical places THEANTHROPIC, THEOCRACY, THEOLOGY, THEOSOPHY, etc. Theo-anthropomorphic a., pertaining to gods in human form; so Theo-anthropomorphism: cf. anthropomorphic, anthropomorphism. Theo-astrological a., of or pertaining to astrology theologically treated. Theocentric a., centering or centered in God; having God as its center. Theochristic a. [Gr. θεόχριστ-ος], anointed by God (Webster, 1864). Theo-collectivist, of the nature of collectivism as divinely instituted. Theo-democracy, a democracy under divine rule. Theo-drama, a drama in which the actors are gods. Theogeological a., of or pertaining to geology as accommodated to theological tenets. Theognostic [after AGNOSTIC; cf. Gr. θεόγνωστος known of God], one who holds that God is knowable. Theohuman a., both divine and human; that is God as well as man. Theoktonic a., of or pertaining to theoktony. Theoktony [Gr. θεοκτονία (Eccl.)], killing or death of the gods. Theomammonist (see quot.). Theomania [Gr. θεομανία madness caused or inspired by God], religious mania; also, demonomania. Theomaniac, one affected with theomania. Theomastix [-MASTIX], the scourge of (i.e., appointed by) God. Theometry [-METRY], measurement or estimation of God. Theomicrist [Gr. μικρός little], one who belittles God. Theomisanthropist (nonce-wd., after THEOPHILANTHROPIST), one who hates God and man. Theomonism, a monism that recognizes God. Theopanphilist (see quot.). Theopantism [Gr. πᾶς, παντ- all], (a) see quot. 1864; (b) the doctrine that God is all that exists: = PANTHEISM. Theophile [Gr. θεοφιλής dear to the gods], one beloved of God; also, one who loves God; so Theophilist. Theophilosophic a., that applies philosophy to theology, Theophoric, Theophorous, adjs. [Gr. θεοφόρος, f. φέρειν to bear], bearing or containing the name of a god. Theophysical a. nonce-wd., physical, but ordered by God. Theopsychism [Gr. ψυχή soul], ascription of a divine nature to the soul. Theotaurine a. [Gr. θεόταυρος god-bull, a title of Zeus], of or pertaining to a god in the form of a bull. Theoteleology, the doctrine of the divine direction of nature to an appointed end; hence Theoteleological a.
1873. Fairbairn, Stud. Philos. Relig. & Hist. (1876), 349. The Hellenic mind … created those *theo-anthropomorphic doctrines. Ibid., 348. The one contributed the Monotheism, the other the *Theo-anthropomorphism, which lie at the basis of Christianity.
1833. Fraser’s Mag., VIII. 572. Their *theo-astrological mythologies, and their symbolical mysteries.
1886. M. Valentine, in Homilet. Rev., Oct., 283. The old *Theocentric Calvinism, in which every thing was made to revolve about the divine sovereignty.
1893. Fairbairn, Christ in Mod. Theol., II. i. 301. This theology must … be as regards source Christocentric, but as regards object or matter Theocentric.
1901. Daily Chron., 30 Aug., 3/4. Massachusetts with its township government centreing round the church, its *theo-collectivist modes of thought.
1830. Hist. Eur., in Ann. Reg., 244/2. The cajolery or intimidation … employed by the priests to make their flocks join the faction of (what one of them called) the *theo-democracy.
1853. Lieber, Civil Liberty, xxiv. 212. The Mormons themselves call their government a theo-democracy.
1801. W. Taylor, in Robberds, Mem., I. 389. A *theo-drama or … an epic poem, where all the actors are gods.
1852. R. Knox, Gt. Artists & Gt. Anat., 43. A theory or two was forced on him [Cuvier] by the *theo-geological school of England, which were not his.
1898. Chicago Advance, 14 April, 491/3. Is man by … his powers … an Agnostic or a *Theo-gnostic?
1839. Bailey, Festus, x. (1852), 139. Thou art and livest, man-god, Christ!… The *Theohuman Being.
1875. R. B. Anderson, Norse Mythol., iii. 60. The Eddas have a *theoktonic myth. Ibid. Ends with a *theoktony (death of the gods).
1804. Coleridge, Lett., to T. Poole (1895), 455. Such men I aptly christen *Theo-mammonists, that is, those who at once worship God and Mammon.
1857. Dunglison, Med. Lex., *Theomania, demonomania.
1890. Billings, Nat. Med. Dict., Theomania, religious monomania.
1879. Swinburne, Stud. Shaks., iii. 214. The brutallest unwashed *theomaniac of the Thebaid.
1633. T. Carew, Cœl. Brit., Wks. (1824), 154. My offices and title are, supreme *theomastix, hupercrittique of manners.
1881. Rossetti, Soothsay, xii. The Power that fashions man Measured not out thy little span For thee to take the meting-rod In turn, and so approve on God Thy science of *Theometry.
1834. De Quincey, in Tait’s Mag., I. 688. He had defended Christianity against the vile blasphemers and impotent *theomicrists of the day.
1831. Southey, in Q. Rev., Jan., 113. Those who (in reference to the appellation of a sect, not more presumptuous, and somewhat less impious) deserve to be called the *Theomisanthropists.
1906. F. Ballard (title), *Theomonism True: God and the Universe in Modern Light.
1908. Daily News, 7 Feb., 4/2. Mr. Ballard … calls it sometimes theism and sometimes theomonism.
1833. Fraser’s Mag., VIII. 570. The initiati called themselves *Theopanphilists, those who believed in the universal exhibition of the Divinity in characters of love.
1864. N. West, in Homilet. Rev. (1886), May, 407. It is true to teach *Theopantism, or that God is in all things.
1873. Fairbairn, Stud. Philos. Relig. & Hist. (1877), 392. It may evolve an Akosmism or Theopantism which is but the apotheosis of nature.
c. 1645. Howell, Lett. (1650), II. xlii. 54. Afflictions are the portion of the best *Theophiles.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, II. III. 84. Virtuose persons … are *Theophilists, or beloved of God.
1840. Milman, Hist Christ., II. v. 133. It was the establishment of the Christians as a kind of religious privileged order, a *theophilosophic aristocracy, whose esoteric doctrines soared far above the grasp and comprehension of the vulgar.
1901. W. Macintosh, Rabbi Jesus, 182. With the dawn of Christianity the theophilosophic train of thought was carried onward and upward into a higher, nobler, purer channel.
1891. Cheyne, Orig. Psalter, vi. 303. Such shortened forms of *theophoric names as Ahaz for Jehoahaz.
1903. Expositor, May, 323. We are left for conjecture to the *theophorous names of her kings. Ibid. (1908), Jan., 95. Yahu … is familiar enough from Hebrew theophorous names.
1775. Adair, Amer. Ind., 129. By the time that this *theo-physical operation is performed on a patient [i.e., breaking his neck on pretence that it is the Divine will].
1896. Dk. of Argyll, Philos. Belief, vi. 253. It may be said … that *‘theopsychism’ attributed to man, is the real explanation of what is called the anthropomorphism attributed in the Hebrew scriptures to the mind and will of God.
1814. Southey, Lett. (1856), II. 368. When … prepared for the food of man, it … resembleth entirely in its appearance the *theo-taurine compost from whence it sprung.
1903. L. F. Ward, Pure Sociol., III. xvi. 465. A doctrine that afterwards took the name of teleology,… would be better called *theoteleology, since it simply postulates a power outside of nature directing it toward some end.
