spiritualist

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
spiritualist
    adj 1: of or relating to or connected with spiritualism [syn:
           {spiritualistic}, {spiritualist}]
    n 1: someone who serves as an intermediary between the living
         and the dead; "he consulted several mediums" [syn:
         {medium}, {spiritualist}, {sensitive}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spiritualist \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.
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   2. One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.
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   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.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Spiritualist \Spir"it*u*al*ist\, a.
   Spiritualistic. --Taylor.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "spiritualist":
      Berkeleian, Hegelian, Kantian, Neoplatonist, Platonist, animist,
      automatist, ecstatic, idealist, immaterialist, medium, necromancer,
      panpsychist, psychic, psychist, psychographist, spirit rapper,
      spiritist

    

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