Mediumship
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings. countable, uncountable
"The mother is a spiritualist—has been for years—and, being on the lookout for it, naturally discovered what she calls 'mediumship' in Viola when a child."
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
More examples"The mother is a spiritualist—has been for years—and, being on the lookout for it, naturally discovered what she calls 'mediumship' in Viola when a child."
Etymology
From medium + -ship.