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spir·i·tu·al·i·ty
\ˌspirə̇ch(ə)ˈwaləd.ē, -lətē, -i sometimes -rēch-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English spiritualite, from Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French spiritualité, espiritualité, from Medieval Latin spiritualitat-, spiritualitas, from spiritualis spiritual + Latin -tat-, -tas -ty
1. : something that in ecclesiastical law belongs to the church or to a person as an ecclesiastic or to religion: as
a. spiritualities plural : spiritual or ecclesiastical things : ecclesiastical possessions or rights of a purely spiritual character : fees, dues, or tithes receivable by an ecclesiastic as such
b. : something having a spiritual character; especially : ecclesiastical property or revenue held or received in return for spiritual services — compare temporality
2. : the whole body of clergy (as in a nation or country) : the body of spiritual or ecclesiastical persons : church, clergy
< subsidies … granted to the king by the spirituality — Thomas Fuller >
— distinguished from temporalty
3. : sensitivity or attachment to religious values and things of the spirit rather than material or worldly interests
< a man of deep spirituality — R.L.Patterson >
4. archaic : something incorporeal; specifically : spirit
5. obsolete : the quality or state of being spirituous : volatility
6.
a. : the quality or state of being spiritual
b. : something having a spiritual as distinguished from a worldly or material character
c. : existence purely in a spiritual state : the quality or state of being incorporeal |