spiritist

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English spiritist From spirit + -ist.

  1. derived from -istebor
  2. derived from -istader

Definitions

  1. Spiritualist.

    • People [with AIDS] who can afford it go to expensive private clinics. Those with little financial resources consult with bruxos, umbandists, spiritists, or they die at home.
  2. Alternative form of Spiritist.

  3. A follower of Spiritism.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spiritist. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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