table-rapping

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• table rapping — noun alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead • Syn: ↑table tapping, ↑spirit rapping • Hypernyms: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• table-rapping — taˈble rapping noun Knocking or tapping sounds on a table, attributed by spiritualists to the spirits of the dead attempting to communicate with the living • • • Main Entry: ↑table …   Useful english dictionary

• table lifting — noun manipulation of a table during a seance; attributed to spirits • Syn: ↑table tipping, ↑table tilting, ↑table turning • Hypernyms: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology …   Useful english dictionary

• table tapping — noun alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead • Syn: ↑table rapping, ↑spirit rapping • Hypernyms: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• spirit rapping — noun alleged form of communication with spirits of the dead • Syn: ↑table rapping, ↑table tapping • Hypernyms: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Part Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• rapped, rapping — verb 1 HIT (I, T) to hit or knock something quickly and lightly: She rapped the table with her pen and called for silence. (+ at/on): rapping loudly on the door 2 SAY also rap out (T) to say something loudly, suddenly, and in a way that sounds… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• spirit-rapping — /ˈspɪrət ˌræpɪŋ/ (say spiruht .raping) noun supposed communication between the living and the dead by rapping out messages on a table or the like. –spirit rapper, noun …  

• spirit rapping — spirit rapper. Spiritualism. a form of communication between living persons and the spirits of deceased persons by tapping out messages on a table, board, or the like. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

• psychic phenomena — noun phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes • Syn: ↑psychic phenomenon, ↑parapsychology • Derivationally related forms: ↑parapsychological (for: ↑parapsychology), ↑paraps …   Useful english dictionary

• psychic phenomenon — noun phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑psychic phenomena, ↑parapsychology • Derivationally related forms: ↑parapsychological (for: ↑parapsychology) …   Useful english dictionary

• Spiritism — • History and methods of Spiritism (here distinguished from Spiritualism) and the dangers inherent in its practice and beliefs Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Spiritism     Spiritism …   Catholic encyclopedia