5A person claiming to be in contact with the spirits of the dead and to communicate between the dead and the living.

‘Such beliefs are not confined to rural areas; in the cities there is a network of spirit mediums who claim to contact the dead.’

More example sentences ‘This work, by Professor Richard Wiseman, involved asking five mediums to contact the dead relatives of five volunteers.’

‘He asserts that this work supports the mediums ' claims that they are actually communicating with the dead.’

‘Nigel's devastated parents made a number of attempts to contact their son through mediums and the spiritualist church.’

‘A male medium contacted the owner in 1985 and disclosed that the dead Hessian soldier had visited him in a dream.’

‘Clients of mediums who claim to get messages from the dead are very highly motivated clients.’

‘After making an international name for himself, he spent several years exposing phony spiritualists and mediums.’

‘During the winter of 1978, the owner was contacted by a professional medium.’

‘Soon, half the audience is crying, convinced the medium has made contact.’

‘If an authentic medium detects a spirit that is present, they will try and convince it to move on.’

‘Most people who go to a medium or a spiritualist church have lost someone and want to find out that this person is okay.’

‘Today's most successful mediums, however, simply claim the dead communicate through them.’

‘I do not let spirits enter my body and speak through me, though some psychics and mediums work this way.’

‘This man did not claim to be a medium but, nonetheless, believed he had talked many times with the spirit of Doyle.’

‘Other religious practitioners include spirit mediums and shamans, most of whom are women.’

‘Spiritualist mediums are predominantly women who hold divinations and seances in their homes; many have become successful and even wealthy.’

‘He claims he is a medium for holy spirits who talk to him in their dreams.’

‘As a spiritual medium, telephone readings are available at a very affordable price.’

‘Did the medium really tell you that your dead father's name was William?’

‘Just a few days ago, I sat down with a woman who is a medium, and we got to talking about spirits and ghosts.’