n.
The belief, based solely on reason, in a God who created the universe and then abandoned it, assuming no control over life, exerting no influence on natural phenomena, and giving no supernatural revelation.
[French déisme, from Latin deus, god.]
deist de'ist n.deistic de·is'tic adj.
deistically de·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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