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in the existence of a God; especially, one who believes in a personal God; -- opposed to atheist.

Of or pertaining to theism, or a theist; according to the doctrine of theists.

A disbeliever in the existence of God.

One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.

Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. Barrow.

One given to self-worship. [R.]

One who holds the doctrine of ditheism; a dualist. Cudworth.

Pertaining to ditheism; dualistic.

One who believes in hylotheism.

One who believes that there is but one God.

Of or pertaining to monotheism.

One who holds to pantheism.

Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism. -- Pan`the*is"tic*al*ly, adv.

One who believes in, or maintains the doctrine of, a plurality of gods.

to polytheism; characterized by polytheism; professing or advocating polytheism; as, polytheistic worship; a polytheistic author, or nation. -- Pol`y*the*is"tic*al*ly, adv.

One who believes in tritheism.

Of or pertaining to tritheism. Bolingbroke.

s, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un-.

The representation of the Deity, or of a polytheistic deity, under a human form, or with human attributes and affections.

One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson.