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spiritual-mindedness
[Cf. spiritually-minded spiritually adv. 1 b.]
The quality or state of being spiritually-minded or of having the mind set upon spiritual things.
1647N. Ward Simp. Cobler 43, I have..seen so much..spirituall mindednesse in..Christians. 1688Owen Dominion of Sin & Grace Wks. 1852 VII. 524 This case of the affections I have handled..at large in my discourse of Spiritual-mindedness. 1791Boswell Johnson 22 Mar. 1776, I have always loved the simplicity of manners, and the spiritual-mindedness of the Quakers. 1863Grosart Small Sins (ed. 2) 82 No lamentation over want of spiritual-mindedness. |