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rescue circle

rescue circle noun: a group of spiritualists that hold sittings in order to help confused spirits of the dead to accept the fact that they are dead.

Noun

rescue circle (plural rescue circles)

  1. A group of spiritualists that hold sittings in order to help confused spirits of the dead to accept the fact that they are dead.
    • "Wickland has finally made out his case, but I do say that our experiences at rescue circles bear out the general idea, and that he has admittedly cured many cases which others have found intractable."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Forms of rescue circle

pluralrescue circles

Questions about rescue circle

What does rescue circle mean?
Rescue circle means a group of spiritualists that hold sittings in order to help confused spirits of the dead to accept the fact that they are dead.
What part of speech is rescue circle?
Rescue circle is a noun.
What is the plural of rescue circle?
The plural of rescue circle is rescue circles.

Words near rescue circle in the dictionary

  1. rescuant
  2. rescuants
  3. rescue
  4. rescue board
  5. rescue boards
  6. rescue circle
  7. rescue circles
  8. rescue dog
  9. rescue dogs
  10. rescue grass
  11. rescue grasses

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