theism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
theism
    n 1: the doctrine or belief in the existence of a God or gods
         [ant: {atheism}, {godlessness}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 1913 Suppl.]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "theism":
      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

    

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