deist

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it
adjective of or relating to deism

From French déiste, from New Latin deista, from Latin Deus (“God”) + -ista (“-ist”).

The growing religious skepticism appeared in the Deist controversy. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
He was, as he has often told me, a confirmed Deist." — My Recollections of Lord Byron, Teresa, contessa di Guiccioli
A deist is one who believes in God but denies revealed religion. — Orthography : $b as outlined in the state course of study for Illinois : seventh and eighth years, Elmer W. (Elmer Warren) Cavins

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