familiar spirit

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Definition of familiar spirit

1 : a spirit or demon that serves or prompts an individual

2 : the spirit of a dead person invoked by a medium to advise or prophesy

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Synonyms for familiar spirit

Synonyms

apparition,
bogey
(also bogie or bogy),
ghost,
hant
[dialect],
haunt
[chiefly dialect],
materialization,
phantasm
(also fantasm),
phantom,
poltergeist,
shade,
shadow,
specter
(or spectre),
spirit,
spook,
sprite,
vision,
visitant,
wraith

Examples of familiar spirit in a Sentence

asked the spiritualist to summon the familiar spirit of her late mother for some matrimonial guidance

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“Familiar spirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/familiar%20spirit. Accessed 12 May. 2021.

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