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Meaning of SPIRITUALIST

Pronunciation:  'spirichooulist

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums"
  2. [adj]  of or relating to or connected with spiritualism
 
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 Synonyms: medium, spiritualistic
 
 See Also: psychic

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Spir"it*u*al*ist\, n.
    1. One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one
       whose employment is of a spiritual character; an
       ecclesiastic.
    2. One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
    3. One who believes in direct intercourse with departed
       spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called
       mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts
       to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.
    
  2. \Spir"it*u*al*ist\, a.
    Spiritualistic. --Taylor.
    
 

 

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