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n. - A person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it adj. - Of or relating to a rationalistic movement that followed a natural religion.

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  • It will be a difficult feat to genuinely remain a deist after digesting the information contained in the priest's diary.
  • Have you got a source for him self-identifying as a deist later in life?
  • I guess I'm essentially a kind of deist of some kind as well.
  • This is a broader definition of "deist" than the dictionary definition I cited.
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