3. Opposition to God or the divine will. Bacon.

The"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a god + - mancy: cf. F. théomancie, Gr.

&?; a spirit of prophecy,.] A kind of divination drawn from the

responses of oracles among heathen nations.

{ The`o*pa*thet"ic (?), The`o*path"ic (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a

theopathy.

The*op"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. &?; God + &?;, &?;, to suffer, feel.]

Capacity for religious affections or worship.

The`o*phan"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man,

as a god.

The*oph"a*ny (?), n.; pl. - nies (#). [Gr. &?;; &?; God + &?; to

appear.] A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as

an incarnation.

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The`o*phil`an*throp"ic (?), a. Pertaining to theophilanthropy or the

theophilanthropists.

The`o*phi*lan"thro*pism (?), n. The doctrine of the

theophilanthropists; theophilanthropy.

The`o*phi*lan"thro*pist (?), n. [Cf. F. théophilanthrope.] (Eccl.

Hist.) A member of a deistical society established at Paris during the

French revolution.

The`o*phi*lan"thro*py (?), n. [Gr. &?; God + E. philanthropy.]

Theophilanthropism. Macaulay.

The`o*phil`o*soph"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; God + E. philosophic.] Combining

theism and philosophy, or pertaining to the combination of theism and

philosophy.

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