"mediumship" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: mediumships [plural]
Etymology: From medium + -ship. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|medium|ship}} medium + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mediumship (countable and uncountable, plural mediumships)
  1. (parapsychology) The state of being a medium (psychic conduit); purported ability to mediate communication between spirits of the dead and living human beings. Wikipedia link: mediumship Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Parapsychology Derived forms: mental mediumship, physical mediumship Translations (ability to mediate communication between spirits): médiumnité [feminine] (French), mediunidade [feminine] (Portuguese)

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