spirit cabinet

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Noun

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spirit cabinet (plural spirit cabinets)

  1. (historical) A portable closet in which a medium would perform at a séance, often bound or restricted in some manner to illustrate that no trickery was taking place.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A cabinet used to store spirits (liquor).