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Adjective: deist  dee-ist or dey-ist
  1. Of or relating to deism
    "The deist philosophy acknowledges a divine creator but rejects religious doctrine";
    - deistic, deistical
Noun: deist  dee-ist or dey-ist
  1. A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
    "As a deist, he believed in a creator but not in divine intervention"

Derived forms: deists

Type of: nonreligious person

Encyclopedia: Deist, Wilhelm