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spiritism

American  
[spir-i-tiz-uhm] / ˈspɪr ɪˌtɪz əm /

noun

  1. the doctrine or practices of spiritualism.


spiritism British  
/ ˈspɪrɪˌtɪzəm /

noun

  1. a less common word for spiritualism

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of spiritism

First recorded in 1860–65; spirit + -ism


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He was one of the first celebrities to do spiritism.

From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2021

His subject this time, of course, was spiritism.

From Time Magazine Archive

You have confused African religious rites, such as Quimbanda and Umbanda, which were brought by the slaves, with the Christian religion of spiritism.

From Time Magazine Archive

He reiterated his dogmatic assertion that other energetic entities, undreamed of by physical science, were the intuitions of poets, prophets, saints; entities of the realm of spiritism.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was, it must be remembered, an era of wide-spread enthusiasm and credulity, the heyday period of spiritism.

From Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters by H. Addington (Henry Addington) Bruce

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