• Godite

Fromgod +‎-ite.

• (UK)IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdʌɪt/

godite (pluralgodites)

1. (derogatory, now rare) A believer in God; atheist.
   • 1842,William Chilton,The Oracle of Reason, volume I, page221:

     Thegodite, 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 anAtheist to every other individual, although in reality they are all Theists, or believers in a god.

   • 1857 Sep,The Investigator:

     As theGodites are evidently anxious to prevent the circulation of this interesting discussion, a liberal allowance will be made to Booksellers.

   • 1888,Annie Besant,Our Corner, page210:

     The question would resolve itself into an inquiry whether, given a revolution, thegodites or the godless are the more violent — a point not easily settled from a comparison of histories.

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