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ghostdom

ghostdom noun: the condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.

Noun

ghostdom (usually uncountable, plural ghostdoms)

  1. (usually) The condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
    • I have seized the key that unlocks the mystic realms of ghostdom, and I will hold it as a flaming torch over that dark domain till its shadows have fled forever from the minds of men.1853, S. B. Brittan, B. W. Richmond, A Discussion of the facts and philosophy of ancient and modern spiritualism
    • Of course non-Christians adopt another method, and they often get the waifs and strays of ghostdom to bother and annoy.1877, The spiritual magazine

Examples of ghostdom in a sentence

  • He has been as active as the next man since his arrival in ghostdom.1996, Health Research, Strange Visitors: A Clairvoyant:
  • In this ecstatic surge of floral imagery she relinquishes Bloom's presence for his name, and thus bequeaths him with his ghostdom and his passport to eternity.2004, Derek Attridge, James Joyce's Ulysses: A Casebook:
  • If so, he would be one of the most obvious candidates for ghostdom in the Lowcountry.2007, Geordie Buxton, Haunted Plantations:
  • “You mean a different kind of ghostdom than you're living now?” “It will be no ghostdom or afterlife at all.” He tried not to shudder.2008, Allie MacKay, Tall, Dark and Kilted:

Forms of ghostdom

pluralghostdoms

Origin of ghostdom

From Middle English *gostdom, *gastdom, from Old English gāstdōm (“spirituality”), equivalent to ghost + -dom.

Questions about ghostdom

What does ghostdom mean?
Ghostdom means the condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
How do you use ghostdom in a sentence?
He has been as active as the next man since his arrival in ghostdom.
What part of speech is ghostdom?
Ghostdom is a noun.
What is the plural of ghostdom?
The plural of ghostdom is ghostdoms.

Words near ghostdom in the dictionary

  1. ghostboxes
  2. ghostbuster
  3. ghostbusters
  4. ghostbusting
  5. ghostcraft
  6. ghostdom
  7. ghostdoms
  8. ghosted
  9. ghostee
  10. ghostees
  11. ghosten

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