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- noun Plural form of
spiritist .
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Examples
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And certainly they made things happen, much as people called "spiritists" do nowadays; but it was not by God's power, so it must have been the Devil who helped them.
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"spiritists," but the creed of all those who believe in disembodied spirits or existences.
The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps Alfred Binet 1884
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If the evil spirits theory of disease has no merit, then why were some of the greatest medicla minds that ever walked the planet evil spiritists?
Rep. Rush Holt: Intelligent Design: It's Not Even Wrong - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The landmark case involving the distribution of gospel tracts to Afro-Brazilian spiritists is the first to test a federal law declaring it a crime to “practice, induce, or incite discrimination” against members of another religion.
Distributing Bible Tracts is Not a Hate Crime: Brazilian Court 2004
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That this is the case, moreover, appears to be the general belief of spiritists on the subject.
Bygone Beliefs 1969
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Do those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortune tellers, and the like, sin against the First Commandment?
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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Is it sinful to consult mediums, spiritists, fortune tellers and the like when we do not believe in them, but through mere curiosity to hear what they may say?
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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{319} Do those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortune-tellers, and the like, sin against the first Commandment?
Baltimore Catechism No. 3 (of 4) Anonymous
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Those who make use of spells and charms, or who believe in dreams, in mediums, spiritists, fortune tellers, and the like, sin against the
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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"Mediums and spiritists" are persons who pretend they can talk with the dead in the other world, and learn where they are and what they are doing.
Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine Thomas L. Kinkead
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