Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DE'IST
DE'ISMDE-IST'IC, or DE-IST'IC-AL
DE'IST, n. [Fr. deiste; It. deista.]
One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; one who professes no form of religion, but follows the light of nature and reason, as his only guides in doctrine and practice; a freethinker.
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