Part 2881

<hw><hw>Dein"te*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Dein"te*vous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Rare; excellent; costly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Deiparous</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*ip"a*rous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deus</ets> a god + <ets>parere</ets> to bring forth.]</ety> <def>Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bailey.</i>

<h1>Deipnosophist</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>Deip*nos"o*phist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ a meal + <?/ a wise man, sophist.]</ety> <def>One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.</def>

<h1>Deis</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De"is</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Dais</er>.</def>

<h1>Deism</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deus</ets> god: cf. F. <ets>d\'82isme</ets>. See <er>Deity</er>.]</ety> <def>The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Deism</i> is the belief in natural religion only, or those truths, in doctrine and practice, which man is to discover by the light of reason, independent of any revelation from God. Hence, <i>deism</i> implies <i>infidelity</i>, or a disbelief in the divine origin of the Scriptures.</note>

<h1>Deist</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>deus</ets> god: cf. F. <ets>d\'82iste</ets>. See <er>Deity</er>.]</ety> <def>One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker.</def>

<note>&hand; A <i>deist</i>, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether <i>atheist</i> or <i>patheist</i>, a <i>deist</i> is generally denominated <i>theist</i>.</note>

<i>Latham.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Infidel</er>.</syn>

<h1>Deistic, Deistical</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw><hw>De*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>De*is"tic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; <as>as, a <ex>deistic</ex> writer; a <ex>deistical</ex> book.</as></def>

<blockquote>The <b>deistical</b> or antichristian scheme. <i>I. Watts.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Deistically</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*is"tic*al*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>After the manner of deists.</def>

<h1>Deisticalness</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De*is"tic*al*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being deistical.</def>

<h1>Deitate</h1> <Xpage=384>

<hw>De"i*tate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Deified.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Granmer.</i>

<h1>Deity</h1> <Xpage=384>