Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spiritualist

/spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuəlˌɪst/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: spir-i-tu-al-ist
IPA: /spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuəlˌɪst/

14

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.

noun

One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.

noun

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.

adj

Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.

noun

An adherent of a dissenting reforming tendency during the early modern period, stressing communion with the Holy Spirit and moral improvement through sanctification while rejecting the outwardly church, without necessarily separating from the Roman Catholic Church.

adj

Pertaining to the Spiritualists.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English spiritualist From spiritual + -ist.

Inflected Forms

spiritualists (plural) more spiritualist (comparative) most spiritualist (superlative)

Derived Forms

conspiritualist nonspiritualist

Synonyms

medium spiritist spiritualistic sensitive

Questions

How do you pronounce spiritualist?: The recorded pronunciation is /spˈɪɹɪtʃˌuəlˌɪst/.
What does spiritualist mean?: One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
Where does spiritualist come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English spiritualist From spiritual + -ist.

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