deist
[
dee
-ist]
/ˈdi ɪst/
noun
1.
a person who believes in
deism
.
Origin
1555-65;
<
Middle French
déiste
<
Latin
de
(
us
) god +
French
-iste
-ist
Related forms
deistic,
deistical,
adjective
deistically,
adverb
nondeist,
noun
nondeistic,
adjective
nondeistical,
adjective
nondeistically,
adverb
undeistical,
adjective
Can be confused
atheist
,
deist,
theist
.
Examples from the web for
deist
But perhaps you are a
deist
and this is all okay with you.
Word Origin and History for
deist
n.
1620s, from French
déiste
, from Latin
deus
(see
Zeus
). Related:
Deistic
(1795). Also cf.
deism
.