spiritualist
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəlɪst/
:
espiritualista
- During the séance, the spiritualist claimed to communicate with the spirits of the deceased.
- traditional spiritualist
- New Age spiritualists
And that's a whole, that's a city That's that's all like spiritualists and mediums.
- And that's a whole, that's a city That's that's all like spiritualists and mediums.
Examples
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Officials in the Catholic Church denounced Spiritualism, and many Spiritualists gladly returned the favor.
Academic text (2018) -
While Spiritualism hummed with Catholic resonances for some, many, like the New Orleans Spiritualists, still abandoned Catholicism for Spiritualism.
Academic text (2018) -
Have you ever been to a spiritualist?
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Some call him a medium; others, a spiritualist.
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Finally, she couldn't stand it any longer, and she went to a spiritualist.
Fiction book (1998) -
I've spoken to a spiritualist.
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I am Madame Blanche Tyler, the spiritualist.
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Like many other spiritualists, Mary and Thomas were radical reformers.
Academic text (2018) -
To seek guidance, deliverance, luck, or positive influence, Spiritualists communicated with the dead.
Academic text (2007) -
The Nicholses' shifting accounts of their conversion suggest what other sources confirm: Mary and Thomas remained Spiritualists after their conversion to Catholicism.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
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8.2
A person who talks to spirits and helps heal or guide people
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8.9
A person who says they can talk to the spirits of dead people
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8.8
A person who believes they can contact dead people
A person who says they can talk to spirits
Antonyms
How Involved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Spiritualist combines spirit ('breath' or 'soul') with the ending -ist ('a person who believes in or practices something'). So a spiritualist is a person who says they can talk with or receive messages from the spirits of the dead.