spiritist

Examples

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• Laura's "irrationality" is clear, but the nurse too is a rabid Baptist, the mother-in-law wants Bertha to be a spiritist, the maids try to convert her to the Salvation Army, and the grandmother makes her do "automatic writing" at night.

  Academic text (1999)

• Vivian Garrison, in her study of a New England Spiritist (Crapanzano and Garrison 1977), asserts that the terms in Spiritism, as in psychodynamic theory, take their meaning from the total complex of concepts that make up one or the other of these two systems of thought.

  Academic text (1994)

• I'm sure there would have been a more effective way to tell the story—perhaps even using the spiritist as a viewpoint character to tell parts of the tale as it happened.

  Blog text (13)

• The article had said that "Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, the Unification Church, Unitarians, Spiritists, Scientologists, and others" were cults.

  Blog text (32)

• Historic Protestant churches of immigrant or missionary origin make up 5 percent of the population, while Spiritists (1.4 percent), African Brazilians (0.3 percent), and other religions together constitute 3.3 percent.

  Academic text (2007)

• Many people seek out a spiritist for guidance after the loss of a loved one.

• As a practicing spiritist, she often conducts rituals to connect with the spirit world.

Synonyms

M

medium

vsspiritist

31 8.9

A person who says they can talk to the spirits of dead people

is a believer or practitioner of Spiritism rather than acting only as an intermediary

C

channeler

vsspiritist

• US

1 8.9

A person who says they get messages from spirits and tells others

focuses on Spiritism and communicating specifically with spirits of the dead

S

spirit rapper

vsspiritist

• Archaic

9.9

A person who makes knocking sounds and says they are messages from the dead

is a believer or practitioner rather than someone using a knocking method

Surface Forms

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Etymology