spiritualist

English

Etymology

spiritual +‎ -ist

Noun

spiritualist (plural spiritualists)

1. One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
2. (philosophy) One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
3. (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.

Synonyms

• medium
• spiritist

Translations

one who professes a regard for spiritual things only

• Finnish: hengenmies (fi)

philosophy: one who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism

• Finnish: spiritualisti

one who communicates with the dead

• Esperanto: spiritualisto
• Finnish: spiritisti
• French: spiritualiste (fr) m or f
• German: Spiritualist m, Spiritualistin f

• Japanese: 霊媒 (れいばい, reibai), 神媒 (しんばい, shinbai)
• Portuguese: espiritualista m or f
• Romanian: spiritualist (ro) m
• Russian: спиритуали́ст (ru) m (spiritualíst), спиритуали́стка (ru) f (spiritualístka)

Adjective

spiritualist (comparative more spiritualist, superlative most spiritualist)

1. Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.

Translations

pertaining to spiritualism

• Finnish: spiritualistinen, spiritistinen, hengellinen (fi), henkinen (fi)
• French: spiritualiste (fr)
• German: spiritualistisch

• Portuguese: espiritualista m or f
• Russian: спиритуалисти́ческий (ru) (spiritualistíčeskij)