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FAMILIAR SPIRITS
Open directlyHastings Dictionary of the Bible · 1898
FAMIL'IAR SPIR'ITS (from the Latin familiaris, "a household servant"). The phrase expressed the idea that necromancers had spirits at their command to wait upon them as servants. See Divination.
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
FAMIL'IAR SPIR'ITS (from the Latin familiaris, "a household servant"). The phrase expressed the idea that necromancers had spirits at their command to wait upon them as servants. See Divination.