different between diviner vs spiritualist

English

Alternative forms

• devynour, divinour (obsolete, rare); divinor (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English divinour, from Latin d?v?n?tor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from d?v?n?re (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??va?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a?n?(r)
• Rhymes: -a?n?(?)

Noun

diviner (plural diviners)

1. One who foretells the future.
2. One who divines or conjectures.
3. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

Synonyms

• (one who foretells the future): foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer
• (one who searches for underground water): water diviner, dowser

Derived terms

• diviner's sage
• water diviner

Related terms

• see divine

Translations

Adjective

diviner

1. comparative form of divine: more divine

Anagrams

• Vidrine, drive in, drive-in

Latin

Verb

d?v?ner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of d?v?n?

Middle French

Etymology

Latin d?v?n?.

Verb

diviner

1. to divine

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Related terms

• divination

English

Etymology

spiritual +? -ist

Noun

spiritualist (plural spiritualists)

1. One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.
2. (philosophy) One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism.
3. One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.

Synonyms

• medium
• spiritist

Translations

Adjective

spiritualist (comparative more spiritualist, superlative most spiritualist)

1. Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French spiritualiste

Noun

spiritualist m (plural spirituali?ti)

1. spiritualist

Declension