Meanings
spiritualist1
nounspiritualist (plural spiritualists)
plural spiritualists
- One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
- human sciencesOne who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
adjectivespiritualist (comparative more spiritualist, superlative most spiritualist)
comparative more spiritualist · superlative most spiritualist
- Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.
Spiritualist2
nounSpiritualist (plural Spiritualists)
plural Spiritualists
- historicalChristianityAn 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.
adjectiveSpiritualist (not comparable)
- historicalnot comparableChristianityPertaining to the Spiritualists.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or connected with spiritualism
Similar
nounsomeone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
- Latinspīrō
- Latinspīritus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Late Latinspīrituālis
- Old Frenchspiritue
- Middle Englishspiritual
- Englishspiritual
- Englishspiritualist
Translations
Catalan espiritualista, espiritualista
- espiritualistaone who professes a regard for spiritual things only
- espiritualistaphilosophy: one who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism
Dutch spiritualist, spiritualistisch
- spiritualistTranslations
- spiritualistischTranslations
Esperanto spiritualisto
- spiritualistoone who communicates with the dead
Finnish hengenmies, spiritualisti
- hengenmiesone who professes a regard for spiritual things only
- spiritualistiphilosophy: one who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism
- spiritistione who communicates with the dead
- spiritualistinenpertaining to spiritualism
- spiritistinenpertaining to spiritualism
- hengellinenpertaining to spiritualism
- henkinenpertaining to spiritualism
French spiritualiste, spiritualiste
- spiritualisteone who communicates with the dead
- spiritualistepertaining to spiritualism
German Spiritualist, Spiritualistin
- Spiritualistone who communicates with the dead
- Spiritualistinone who communicates with the dead
- spiritualistischpertaining to spiritualism
Greek σπιριτουαλιστής, σπιριτουαλίστρια
- σπιριτουαλιστής (spiritoualistís)philosophy: one who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism
- σπιριτουαλίστρια (spiritoualístria)philosophy: one who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism
Hebrew יִדְּעוֹנִי
- יִדְּעוֹנִי (yid'oní)one who communicates with the dead
Hindi आत्मवादी
- आत्मवादी (ātmavādī)philosophy: one who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism
Japanese 霊媒, 神媒
- 霊媒 (reibai)one who communicates with the dead
- 神媒 (shinbai)one who communicates with the dead
Portuguese espiritualista, espiritualista
- espiritualistaone who communicates with the dead
- espiritualistapertaining to spiritualism
Romanian spiritualist
- spiritualistone who communicates with the dead
Russian спиритуали́ст, спиритуали́стка
- спиритуали́ст (spiritualíst)one who communicates with the dead
- спиритуали́стка (spiritualístka)one who communicates with the dead
- спиритуалисти́ческий (spiritualistíčeskij)pertaining to spiritualism
Cite this entry
APA
spiritualist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritualist
MLA
“spiritualist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritualist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spiritualist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spiritualist.
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