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godite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡɒdʌɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

From god + -ite.

Meanings

1. (archaic, derogatory) A believer in God; a theist.
   • As the Godites are evidently anxious to prevent the circulation of this interesting discussion, a liberal allowance will be made to Booksellers. 1857 Sep, The Investigator:
   • The question would resolve itself into an inquiry whether, given a revolution, the godites or the godless are the more violent — a point not easily settled from a comparison of histories. 1888, Annie Besant, Our Corner, page 210:
   • The godite, in persisting that the god idea proves a god, overlooks this difficulty, that, inasmuch as every man has a different idea of a god to his neighbour, arising out of the varieties of organisations, every individual must be an Atheist to every other individual, although in reality they are all Theists, or believers in a god. 1842, William Chilton, The Oracle of Reason, volume I, page 221:

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