|
|
Definition of Apparitional
1. Adjective. Resembling or characteristic of a phantom. "Spiritual tappings at a seance"
Similar to: Supernatural
Derivative terms: Ghost, Ghostliness, Phantasma, Phantasma, Spirit
Definition of Apparitional
1. a. Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.
Definition of Apparitional
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an apparition or apparitions; ghostly; immaterial; spectral. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apparitional
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apparitional
Literary usage of Apparitional
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"... the philosophy of Souls, and of other Spirits—Doctrine of Souls, its prevalence
and definition among the lower races—Definition of apparitional Soul or ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1920)
"apparitional APPEARANCES. 1. Prefatory Note by 0. E. Young, in a Letter to Dr.
Hyslop, June 2i, /p/p. I have secured a statement from both my aunt and ..."
3. The Alternative: A Study in Psychology by Edmund R. Clay (1882)
"Solidity, colour, and figure, are examples of apparitional attributes: power,
not given as discernible by sense, eg that of the moving billiard-ball to ..."
4. At the Hour of Death by Karlis Osis, Erlendur Haraldsson (1997)
"therefore, State that hallucinogenic types of diseases tend to reduce rather than
generate the possibility of seeing an apparitional hallucination. ..."
Other Resources:
