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spirit-rapping
[f. spirit n. + rapping vbl. n.1]
1. pl. Rappings alleged to be made by spirits in answer to questions addressed to them.
1852Harper's Mag. Dec. 129/1 The spirit-rappings are again engrossing a lion's share of the talk. 1853H. Spicer Sights & Sounds 88 This lady was a medium, and as the subject of ‘spirit rappings’ was already [etc.]. 1859in Bartlett Dict. Amer. (ed. 2) 434.
2. Professed communication from or with spirits by means of raps or knockings made by these.
1853H. Mattison (title) Spirit rapping unveiled! 1854N. S. Godfrey (title), The Theology of Table-Turning, Spirit-Rapping, and Clairvoyance, in connection with the Antichrist. 1862G. H. Townsend Man. Dates s.v. The modern spirit-rapping originated in America, in the family of John D. Fox, in March, 1848. 1867A. J. Wilson Vashti x, I don't believe in spirit-rapping, and such stuff as dancing tables, and spinning chairs. |