Seance
noun
A meeting where people try to contact the spirit of dead people.
She believes she spoke to her deceased husband during the seance.
Often appears as...
- hold a seance
- attend a seance
noun
A meeting where people try to contact the spirit of dead people.
She believes she spoke to her deceased husband during the seance.
Often appears as...
- hold a seance
- attend a seance
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Context
Used when discussing topics involving ghosts, spirits, or the afterlife, often in a mysterious or eerie setting.
The old mansion is said to host a seance on Halloween night.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Practice
Seances are part of many cultures' spiritual practices and could be significant in certain rituals or traditions.
In some cultures, a seance is performed to honor ancestors.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Scientific
Understand that seances are not considered scientific and often met with skepticism, especially in academic or scientific contexts.
Despite his interest in the paranormal, he doubted the seance's validity.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Context
Used when discussing topics involving ghosts, spirits, or the afterlife, often in a mysterious or eerie setting.
The old mansion is said to host a seance on Halloween night.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Practice
Seances are part of many cultures' spiritual practices and could be significant in certain rituals or traditions.
In some cultures, a seance is performed to honor ancestors.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Scientific
Understand that seances are not considered scientific and often met with skepticism, especially in academic or scientific contexts.
Despite his interest in the paranormal, he doubted the seance's validity.
Pro Tip 1/3Supernatural Context
Used when discussing topics involving ghosts, spirits, or the afterlife, often in a mysterious or eerie setting.
The old mansion is said to host a seance on Halloween night.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Practice
Seances are part of many cultures' spiritual practices and could be significant in certain rituals or traditions.
In some cultures, a seance is performed to honor ancestors.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Scientific
Understand that seances are not considered scientific and often met with skepticism, especially in academic or scientific contexts.
Despite his interest in the paranormal, he doubted the seance's validity.
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Cao Dai's History in...
MORGAN The details of what happened in these seances is still secret, known only by high dignitaries. What is known is that there were always two mediums controlling some sort of instrument-- someone to read the instrument, and a secretary
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Cao Dai's History in...
MORGAN The details of what happened in these seances is still secret, known only by high dignitaries. What is known is that there were always two mediums controlling some sort of instrument-- someone to read the instrument, and a secretary
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Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Females have always been the biggest consumers of spiritual hoaxes such as astrology, crystals, seances, and other metaphysical claims about the world that rest simply on assertion rather than scientific proof.
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Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
My mother taught me to believe in ghosts: to use a Ouija board, have seances, and leave little offerings out for those who have passed.
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Emo Philips
American Comedian
I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!
Quote examples
Heather Mac Donald
American Editor
Females have always been the biggest consumers of spiritual hoaxes such as astrology, crystals, seances, and other metaphysical claims about the world that rest simply on assertion rather than scientific proof.
Quote examples
Jennifer McMahon
American Novelist
My mother taught me to believe in ghosts: to use a Ouija board, have seances, and leave little offerings out for those who have passed.
Quote examples
Emo Philips
American Comedian
I asked my girlfriend, 'Will you marry me?' She said, 'We'll have to ask my father.' So we had a seance and Jack Ruby says, 'Hello!
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