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deistical

  • a word derived from deist.
    deist
    noun
    a person who believes in deism.
  • a word derived from deistic.
    deistic
    adjective
    adhering to or characteristic of deism.

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As to the reports, that on his deathbed he had something like compunctious visitings of conscience with regard to his deistical writings and opinions, they are altogether groundless.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway

Chubb's earlier writings seem to be Socinian, his later deistical.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

Leland on the deistical writers, and Paley's Evidences, and others, I read after.

From Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story by Joseph Barker

The Directory, a.d. 1795-1799, restored indeed Christian worship, but favoured the deistical sect of the Theophilanthropists, whose high-swelling phrases soon called forth public scorn, while in a.d.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by J. H. Kurtz

This deistical oath, however, was probably considered a victory of latitudiarianism, for the members of the convention had taken a rigid trinitarian oath on admission to their seats.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Moncure Daniel Conway

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