invocator

Definitions

One who invocates the spirits of the dead.

Examples

“The five others nearby likewise made ready to serve⟳ as invocators—instruments and voices harrumphing as would a body of minstrels in preparation for some performance.”

“The reports of xenoglossic phenomena typically rely⟳ on two primary assumptions: first, that the linguistic abilities of the eminent dead remain⟳ static (and so stylistically recognisable) in the spheres; and second, that those of their typically working-class invocators were unimprovable in life, so much so that cheating would be impossible.”

“The woman who implored Our Lady to help⟳ Joan Sampson in her labour Joan spat upon and set⟳ away, and at another woman's childbed she 'contumeliously spoke against the invocators.”

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