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ˈspiritualness
[f. spiritual a. + -ness.]
The fact, quality, or state of being spiritual in origin, character, or nature; spirituality.
Very common in the 17th c.; now rare.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 149 b, Otherwyse there is no spiritualness at all: for they be altogether fleshe. 1579W. Wilkinson Confut. Fam. Love B ij, Out of your spiritualnes judge all thinges according to the ballance of equitye. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 438 The spiritualnesse of our bodies doth not take away their naturall and essentiall properties. 1642D. Rogers Naaman 108 The spiritualnesse and precisenesse of Christ is a burthen to them. 1693G. Firmin Rev. Vind. i. 6 It was the Law opened in the Spiritualness of it, that took of Paul from his own Righteousness. 1721Bailey, Spirituality, Spiritualness, Devotion. 1889Pall Mall G. 15 June 6/1 A pseudo spiritualness which makes small account of the daily behaviour and moral stamina of our teachers and preachers.
b. A spiritual condition or state. rare—1.
a1658Durham Comm. Revelation i. (1660) 29 To be in the spirit is..to be in a spiritualnesse abstracted from carnalnesse. |