spiritualist
Americannoun
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an adherent of spiritualism.
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a person who is concerned with or insists on the spiritual side of things.
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A spiritualist, newspaper publisher and political activist, Woodhull defied social convention in nearly every aspect of her eventful life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
Sennott has dropped the spiritualist concept of the Saturn return in many interviews to describe her show’s central theme.
From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025
Most expensive: “An album of rare spirit photos taken during seances by William Walker of the Crewe Circle, a well-known spiritualist group in the early 1900s. They were around $14,000.”
From New York Times • May 16, 2024
According to reports, Orme had been living in India for more than a decade, and had met and befriended Stephens, a spiritualist who hailed from Lucknow city.
From BBC • Jan. 13, 2024
She had managed to get an appointment with yet another “highly sought-after” spiritualist, who said she was familiar with the gift and could help replicate it.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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