spiritrompe (spirit romp)

[F. (Latreille), L. spira, a coil, spire, + F. trompe, a trump: see trump1.] The long spiral tongue or antlia of lepidopterous insects; the spirignath. spirit-room (spir'it-röm), n. A room or compartment in a ship in which spirits rits are kept for the use of the officers and crew. spirit-stirring (spir'it-stering), a. Stirring, rousing, or animating the spirit. or Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit - stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife. Shak ., Othello, iii. 3. 352. spiritual (spir'i-tu-al), a. and n. [ it is not nece arily inconsistent with the maintenance of a faith otherwise Christian, and that spirit-communications are providential interventions for the purpose of inculcating the doctrine of immortality, and counteracting the material tendencies of the age. The meetings for spiritualistic communications are commonly called séances. Also spiritism. [= F. spiritu spiritualist (spir'i-tu-al-ist), n. aliste Sp. Pg. espiritualista = It. spiritualist a ; as spiritual + -ist.] 1. One who profe es a regard for spiritual things only; also, one whose employment is spiritual. May not he that lives in a small thatched house.. preach as loud, and to as much purpose, as one of those high and mighty spiritualists ? [(Latham.) 2. One who accepts philosophical spiritualism. See spiritualism , 2. We may, as spiritualists , try to explain our memory's IMG:content-1773.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-1774.png:[blocks in formation] itualist + -ic.] 1. Of or pertaining to philosophic spiritualism; idealistic. The deep-lying doctrine of Spiritual Beings, which embodies the very e ence of Spiritualistic as opposed to Materialistic philosophy. E. B. Tylor , Prim. Culture, I. 384. [ alize + -er1.] One who spiritualizes, in any sense. Also spelled spiritualiser. The most licentious of the allegorists, or the wildest of the spiritualizers . War burton , Divine Legation, ix. 2. spiritually (spir'i-tu-al-i), adv. [ The sky. Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright. Byron, Siege of Corinth, xi. 3. In a spiritual sense. spiritual-minded (spir'i-tu-al-minded), a. Having the mind set on spiritual things; having holy affections; spiritual.