spiritualist
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
spiritualist (plural spiritualists)
- One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
- (philosophy) One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
- 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.
SynonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
one who professes a regard for spiritual things only
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philosophy: one who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism
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one who communicates with the dead
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AdjectiveEdit
spiritualist (comparative more spiritualist, superlative most spiritualist)
- Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.
TranslationsEdit
pertaining to spiritualism
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DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably borrowed. Equivalent to spiritueel + -ist.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
spiritualist m (plural spiritualisten)
- (historical, Christianity) Spiritualist (dissident Christian stressing communion with the Holy Spirit and moral improvement through sanctification while rejecting the outwardly church, without necessarily separating from the Roman Catholic Church)
Derived termsEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French spiritualiste
NounEdit
spiritualist m (plural spiritualiști)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of spiritualist
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) spiritualist | spiritualistul | (niște) spiritualiști | spiritualiștii |
genitive/dative | (unui) spiritualist | spiritualistului | (unor) spiritualiști | spiritualiștilor |
vocative | spiritualistule | spiritualiștilor |