spirithoodn.
/ˈspɪrᵻthʊd/, U.S. /ˈspɪrᵻtˌ(h)ʊd/ The state or condition of being a spirit, esp. a disembodied spirit or ghost.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > [noun] > state of being
spirithood1852
1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 494 Day by day Grew spirithood to deathless angel kind.
1892 C. G. Leland Etruscan Rom. Remains x. 210 Who knows how much life and mystery and fairydom and spirithood really lies hidden in nature?
1953 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 25 May 4/4 This is the incredible miracle of spirithood, after which science lumbers like an elephant in a race of greyhounds.
2001 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 June 23/3 An improper burial condemned him to spirithood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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