spiritualist

[spir-i-choo-uh-list] Origin

spir·it·u·al·ist

[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.

Origin:
1640–50; spiritual + -ist

an·ti·spir·it·u·al·ist, noun, adjective
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Spiritualist has a plethora of syllables.
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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spiritualism (ˈspɪrɪtjʊəˌlɪzəm)
 
n
1.  the belief that the disembodied spirits of the dead, surviving in another world, can communicate with the living in this world, esp through mediums
2.  the doctrines and practices associated with this belief
3.  philosophy the belief that because reality is to some extent immaterial it is therefore spiritual
4.  any doctrine (in philosophy, religion, etc) that prefers the spiritual to the material
5.  the condition or quality of being spiritual
 
'spiritualist
 
n
 
spiritua'listic
 
adj

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spiritualist
1852, "one who believes in the ability of the living to communicate with the dead via a medium," from spiritual (see spirit).
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"Every two or three years the Americans have a paroxysm of humbug -- ... at the present time it is Spiritual-ism." [J.Dix, "Transatlantic Tracings," 1853]
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