"spirit cabinet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: spirit cabinets [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spirit cabinet (plural spirit cabinets)
  1. (historical) A portable closet in which a medium would perform at a séance, often bound or restricted in some manner to illustrate that no trickery was taking place. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-spirit_cabinet-en-noun-uhsjk3FX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A cabinet used to store spirits (liquor).
    Sense id: en-spirit_cabinet-en-noun-NGnDS5xR Categories (other): &lit not valid pagename

Inflected forms

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