theist

plural theists

1. One who believes in the existence of a god or gods.

   […] and I call him a theist who believes in any God.

   1854, Theodore Parker, “Speculative Atheism”, in W. J. Linton, editors, The English Republic, volume 3, page 205

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   The term stands in contradistinction to theism which, in its widest sense, means belief in a personal god, goddess, gods and /or goddesses.

   1999, Jeaneane D. Fowler, Humanism: Beliefs & Practices, page 66

   The theist is a man firmly persuaded of the existence of a Supreme Being as good as He is powerful, who has formed all beings with extension, vegetating, sentient and reflecting; who perpetuates their species, who punishes crimes without cruelty, and rewards virtuous actions with kindness.

   1764, Voltaire, Philosophical Dictionary

   No one is to be called a Theist, who does not believe in a Personal God, whatever difficulty there may be in defining the word "Personal."

   1870, John Henry Newman, An Essay in aid of a Grammar of Assent, page 119