deist

[ dee-ist ]

/ ˈdi ɪst /

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noun

a person who believes in deism.

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Origin of deist

1555–65; <Middle French déiste<Latin de(us) god + French -iste-ist

de·is·tic, de·is·ti·cal, adjectivede·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbnon·de·ist, nounnon·de·is·tic, adjective

non·de·is·ti·cal, adjectivenon·de·is·ti·cal·ly, adverbun·de·is·ti·cal, adjective

He simply testifies to his belief and trust in God—to his Deistic faith—nothing more.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?|John B. Remsburg
This simple Deistic phrase, "under God," is the only utterance of a religious character to be found in that oration.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?|John B. Remsburg
But it is a mistake to attribute all the Deistic expressions that appear in his state papers to him.
Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian?|John B. Remsburg
This principle was at first vehemently denounced as deistic and mischievous, and as especially hostile to the Established Church.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various

But in 1695, the Press Law was allowed to drop, and immediately deistic literature began to appear.
A History of Freedom of Thought|John Bagnell Bury