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Definition of "spiritism" [spir•it•ism]

  • The belief that the dead communicate with the living; spiritualism. (noun)
  • The practices or doctrines of those holding such a belief. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "spiritism" in a sentence
  • "Hugo's dabbling in spiritism at the time: Oh! Sefton,"
  • "Study and inquiry should eradicate the superstition and the fraud called spiritism, and people should be protected against a most dangerous and cowardly form of crime -- criminal hypnotism."
  • "The phenomena of so-called spiritism, while not as yet justifying"