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spirituality - 3 dictionary results

spir⋅it⋅u⋅al⋅i⋅ty

[spir-i-choo-al-i-tee]
–noun, plural -ties.
1. the quality or fact of being spiritual.
2. incorporeal or immaterial nature.
3. predominantly spiritual character as shown in thought, life, etc.; spiritual tendency or tone.
4. Often, spiritualities. property or revenue of the church or of an ecclesiastic in his or her official capacity.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < ML spīrituālitās. See spiritual, -ity
spir·i·tu·al·i·ty   (spĭr'ĭ-chōō-āl'ĭ-tē)   
n.   pl. spir·i·tu·al·i·ties
  1. The state, quality, manner, or fact of being spiritual.
  2. The clergy.
  3. Something, such as property or revenue, that belongs to the church or to a cleric. Often used in the plural.

Spirituality

Spir`it*u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Spiritualities. [L. spiritualitas: cf. F. spiritualit['e].]

1. The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.

A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality. --South.

If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come. --Bickersteth.

2. (Eccl.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof. --Blackstone.

3. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. [Obs.]

Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality. --Fuller.
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