paley

noun

1. Grace,1922–2007, U.S. short-story writer and poet.
2. William,1743–1805, English theologian, philosopher, and clergyman.
3. William S.,1901–1991, U.S. broadcasting executive.

noun

1. William. 1743–1805, English theologian and utilitarian philosopher. His chief works are The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (1785), Horae Paulinae (1790), A View of the Evidences of Christianity (1794), and Natural Theology (1802)