Associations to the word «Spiritualist»

Wiktionary

SPIRITUALIST, noun. One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
SPIRITUALIST, noun. (philosophy) One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
SPIRITUALIST, noun. (spiritism) One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.
SPIRITUALIST, adjective. Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.

Dictionary definition

SPIRITUALIST, noun. Someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead; "he consulted several mediums".
SPIRITUALIST, adjective. Of or relating to or connected with spiritualism.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats