spiritualist

English

Etymology

From 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. 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
• Greek: σπιριτουαλιστής (el) m (spiritoualistís), σπιριτουαλίστρια (el) f (spiritoualístria)

one who communicates with the dead

• Esperanto: spiritualisto
• Finnish: spiritisti
• French: spiritualiste (fr) m or f
• German: Spiritualist m, Spiritualistin f
• Hebrew: יִדְּעוֹנִי (he) m (yid'oní)
• Japanese: 霊媒 (ja) (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)

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to spiritueel +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌspi.ri.ty.aːˈlɪst/

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• Hyphenation: spi‧ri‧tu‧a‧list

Noun

spiritualist m (plural spiritualisten)

1. (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 terms

• spiritualistisch

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spiritualiste.

Noun

spiritualist m (plural spiritualiști)

1. spiritualist

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	spiritualist	spiritualistul		spiritualiști	spiritualiștii
genitive-dative	spiritualist	spiritualistului		spiritualiști	spiritualiștilor
vocative	spiritualistule			spiritualiștilor