theist
Britishnoun
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a person who believes in the doctrine of theism
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a person who believes in the existence of God or gods
adjective
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When thus reflecting, I feel compelled to look to a First Cause having an intelligent mind in some degree analogous to that of man; and I deserve to be called a Theist.
From Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters by Darwin, Charles
That Mr. Browning was something more than a Theist, a Unitarian, or a Broad Churchman, may be gathered from several passages in his works, as well as from direct statements to individuals.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
It may even be questioned whether he is a Theist, whether he is a Deist.
From Abraham Lincoln: Was He A Christian? by Remsburg, John B.
It is not possible for the Theist to say that the degree of adaptation is greater in the one case than in the other, for that is the same in every case.
From A Grammar of Freethought by Cohen, Chapman
The Atheist answers: I do not know what is meant, in the mouth of the Theist, by “matter.”
From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
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