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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

THE'ISM, n. [from Gr. God.] The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism. Theism differs from deism, for although deism implies a belief in the existence of a God, yet it signifies in modern usage a denial of revelation, which theism does not.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods [ant: atheism, godlessness]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1678 belief in the existence of a god or gods; specifically belief in the existence of one God viewed as the creative source of the human race and the world who transcends yet is immanent in the world • theist noun or adjective • theistic also theistical adjective • theistically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. belief in the existence of gods or a god, esp. a God supernaturally revealed to man (cf. DEISM) and sustaining a personal relation to his creatures. Derivatives: theist n. theistic adj. theistical adj. theistically adv. Etymology: Gk theos god + -ISM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Theism The"ism (th[=e]"[i^]z'm), n. [NL. & E. thea tea + -ism.] (Med.) The morbid condition resulting from the excessive use of tea.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Theism The"ism, n. [From Gr. ? God; probably akin to ? to pray for, ? spoken by God, decreed: cf. F. th['e]isme. Cf. Enthusiasm, Pantheon, Theology.] The belief or acknowledgment of the existence of a God, as opposed to atheism, pantheism, or polytheism.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Belief in God.

Moby Thesaurus

acosmism, adoration, allotheism, anthropolatry, anthropomorphism, anthropotheism, autotheism, churchgoing, conformity, cosmotheism, cultism, deism, devotedness, devotion, devoutness, ditheism, dualism, dutifulness, dyotheism, faith, faithfulness, henotheism, hylotheism, love of God, monolatry, monotheism, multitheism, myriotheism, observance, pantheism, physicomorphism, physitheism, pietism, piety, piousness, polytheism, psychotheism, religion, religionism, religiousness, reverence, tetratheism, theopantism, theriotheism, tritheism, veneration, worship, worshipfulness, zootheism