🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Batida espiritual

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Batida espiritual

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Spirit-Rapping/ˈspɪrɪt ˈræpɪŋ/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A batida espiritual foi uma parte importante da sessão."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A form of communication believed to be conducted by spirits through audible knocks or taps.

    "During the séance, the medium claimed to be spirit-rapping to convey messages from the deceased."
  2. 2

    A practice associated with spiritualism where participants attempt to communicate with spirits through rhythmic sounds.

    "The group engaged in spirit-rapping, hoping to receive guidance from the other side."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'spirit-rapping' originated in the mid-19th century, deriving from the spiritualist movement in the United States. It combines 'spirit', from Latin 'spiritus' meaning 'breath' or 'soul', and 'rapping', which comes from the Middle English 'rapen', meaning to strike or knock. The term evolved to describe the phenomenon of spirits communicating through knocks or taps.

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