Mediumship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Example

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"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.

Related phrases

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