spiritualist
noun [ C ] (also Spiritualist) uk/ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl.ɪst/ us/ˈspɪr.ə.tʃu.əl.ɪst/
相信生者可以同死者沟通的人，尤指帮助别人与逝去的家人交流的招魂术士
someone who believes that living people can communicate with people who have died, especially someone who helps other people communicate with their dead family members
A spiritualist had told her he could give her a message from her dead husband. 一个招魂术士告诉她可以替她的亡夫带信给她。
Emma became a Spiritualist, a person who believes that the living can communicate with the spirits of the dead. 艾玛成了唯灵派教义的信徒，就是那种相信生者可以同死者亡灵沟通的人。
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- She tried to contact her dead sister though mediums and spiritualists.
- The business of keeping in touch with the dead is generally left to spiritualists and mediums.
- Their work appears to be the product of dramatic empathy, rather like that of spiritualists calling up the dead.
spiritualist
adjective uk/ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl.ɪst/ us/ˈspɪr.ə.tʃu.əl.ɪst/
相信唯灵论的，唯灵论的
believing that living people can communicate with people who have died, or relating to this belief
A spiritualist medium insisted that the dead girl would return for her best friend's wedding. 一个唯灵学说的传媒体坚称那个逝去的女孩会回到人间来参加她好朋友的婚礼。
She goes to the spiritualist church. 她参加唯灵派教会的活动。
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- She decided to visit a spiritualist medium.
- A few days after his death, a spiritualist meeting was arranged for him to make an appearance from beyond the grave.
- He was prominent in the spiritualist movement, often attending seances.