clairaudience
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of clairaudience
First recorded in 1860–65; clair(voyance) + audience (in the sense “hearing”)
Example Sentences
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Clairvoyance and clairaudience are considered as abnormal and phenomenal gifts, and as in no way conceivable, nor even desirable, as general and usual powers for every one.
From The Life Radiant by Lilian Whiting
She confessed only to clairvoyance, clairaudience, and weakness of her own will-powers.
From Witchcraft of New England Explained by Modern Spiritualism by Allen Putnam
The Hebrew prophets were almost uniformly instructed by means of clairaudience.
From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial
Who had the clairvoyance or clairaudience, or the wonderful tip in the scale of health and disease, which causes such phenomena?
From The Gates Between by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
It is possible that you have now discovered in yourself certain occult talents, such as telepathy, hypnotism, mediumship, clairaudience, clairvoyance, psychometry, psychic healing, and the like.
From Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success by Frank C. (Frank Channing) Haddock
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