spirit cabinet

noun

A portable closet in which a medium would perform at a séance, often bound or restricted in some manner to illustrate that no trickery was taking place.

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Meanings

nounspirit cabinet (plural spirit cabinets)

plural spirit cabinets

  1. historicalA portable closet in which a medium would perform at a séance, often bound or restricted in some manner to illustrate that no trickery was taking place.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A cabinet used to store spirits (liquor).
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APA

spirit cabinet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirit%20cabinet

MLA

“spirit cabinet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirit%20cabinet. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spirit cabinet,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirit%20cabinet.

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