mediumship
noun
me·di·um·ship
ˈmē-dē-əm-ˌship 
: the capacity, function, or profession of a spiritualistic medium
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Palm reading became popular in the United States, particularly in the nineteenth century, as a general vogue for séance, mediumship, spirit photographs, and the occult took hold.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Their interests included astrology, divination, numerology, extrasensory perception, and mediumship.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
At Arthur Findlay College in the UK, people come from all over the world to study mediumship.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
The pair find themselves in 1960, and thanks to his mediumship, Klaus is quickly mistaken for a guru.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022
In the end, the bill on mediumship died in committee, its spirit never to reach the full congressional chamber on the other side.
—Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021
Fortune-telling and mediumship have been around for thousands of years; why would a few apps be what finally does them in?
—Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
As the world of mediumship moves online, the different features each web platform offers lead to different relationships between psychics and their clients.
—Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2024
At the heart of his own clairvoyance and mediumship was an understanding that God was benevolent — too good to ever create something so awful as hell or eternal damnation.
—Elizabeth Garner Masarik / Made By History, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
Their interests included astrology, divination, numerology, extrasensory perception, and mediumship.
—Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
At Arthur Findlay College in the UK, people come from all over the world to study mediumship.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 26 Jan. 2023
The pair find themselves in 1960, and thanks to his mediumship, Klaus is quickly mistaken for a guru.
—Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022
In the end, the bill on mediumship died in committee, its spirit never to reach the full congressional chamber on the other side.
—Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Oct. 2021
Fortune-telling and mediumship have been around for thousands of years; why would a few apps be what finally does them in?
—Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
As the world of mediumship moves online, the different features each web platform offers lead to different relationships between psychics and their clients.
—Brian Contreras, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2021
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“Mediumship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mediumship. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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