theist
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 9
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 6
/ˈθiːɪst/
Definition of theist
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.
“The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.”
“The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness.”
“[…] and I call him a theist who believes in any God.”
“No one is to be called a Theist, who does not believe in a Personal God, whatever difficulty there may be in defining the word "Personal."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θεός (theós, “god”) + -ist.
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