spiritualist

[spir-i-choo-uh-list]

noun

1. an adherent of spiritualism.

2. a person who is concerned with or insists on the spiritual side of things.

Other Word Forms

• antispiritualist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of spiritualist¹

First recorded in 1640–50; spiritual + -ist

Example Sentences

“Twelve! Only twelve? But Lady Furbisher had hundreds of guests when her spiritualist was in town,” Lady Constance protested.

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The image of Ginsberg that vividly emerges is that of an angry, bushily bearded man, polemicizing about corporations and the Times’s malign influence, and often breaking out in spiritualist chanting, all to Hujar’s profound disinterest.

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Sennott has dropped the spiritualist concept of the Saturn return in many interviews to describe her show’s central theme.

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Ade was told to eat part of the offering - a ritual the spiritualist said would bind him to wealth and protection.

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A few years after legendary magician Harry Houdini crusaded against spiritualists and mediums, spook shows started popping up throughout North America and beyond.

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