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deist

UK/ˈdeɪ.ɪst/ US/ˈdiː.ɪst/ uncommon

noun

1.

a person who believes that God created the universe and then abandoned it

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Origin

Borrowed from German Deist, from a small place called Deisten near Celle and Hanover.

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