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A form of deism — A religious philosophy and movement prominent in 17th-18th-century England, France, and what is now the United States which rejected supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, divine revelation, and holy books or revealed religions that assert such things exist.

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deisms1

noun
  1. pluralplural of deism

    If we follow the most enlightened and indulgent of deisms, prepared to believe at once in the Communion of Saints and the Great Wheel of the Tao, then we will reject, as fruit of error, the massacre of infidels and heretics.

    1998, Umberto Eco, Serendipities: Language and Lunacy, page 2

Deisms2

noun
  1. pluralplural of Deism

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