| 单词 | ghost-raiser |
| 释义 | > as lemmasghost-raiser ghost-raiser n. a person who performs a magic or other ritual intended to summon a ghost; a person who causes a ghost or spirit to appear (cf. to raise (up) a ghost). ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > [noun] > that deals with demons > one who calls up spirits conjurerc1384 goetian1569 conjuress1582 invocator1604 exorcista1616 goetic1652 evocator1794 ghost-raiser1798 evocatrix1847 1798 R. Clifford tr. A. Barruel Mem. Hist. Jacobinism IV. xi. 347 In public, under the disguise of quacks and visionary ghost-raisers [Fr. visionnaires], these new adepts spoke of nothing but their powers of evoking spirits, raising and interrogating the dead, and a hundred other phenomena of a similar nature. 1908 Daily Chron. 30 June 3/1 An efficient new ghost-raiser presents himself. 2016 D. Loughridge Haydn’s Sunrise, Beethoven’s Shadow iv. 197 The magic lantern was the instrument of choice for ghost-raisers and a primary target of demystifiers. < as lemmas |
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