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(1):

(n.) The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul - that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.

(2):

(n.) A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.

(3):

(n.) The quality or state of being spiritual.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Spiritualism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/spiritualism.html. 1828.
 
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