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Shivaism

noun

1. a Hindu sect worshiping Shiva

• Syn: ↑Sivaism

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Shivaist

• Hypernyms: ↑sect, ↑religious sect, ↑religious order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hinduism, ↑Hindooism

• Member Meronyms: ↑Shivaist

2. worship of Shiva one of the 3 chief gods of the Hindu pantheon

• Syn: ↑Sivaism

• Derivationally related forms: ↑Shivaist

• Hypernyms: ↑Hinduism, ↑Hindooism

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Usage: usually capitalized

variant of sivaism

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Siˈvaism or Shiˈvaism noun

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Main Entry: ↑Siva

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Shivaism, -ite

var. ff. Sivaism, Sivaite.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.