• Spirituality

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /ËŒspɪ.rÉ™.tʃuˈæ.lÉ™.tɪ/

    Origin

    Latin spiritualitas.

    Full definition of spirituality

    Noun

    spirituality

    (plural spiritualities)
    1. The quality or state of being spiritual.A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality. — South.If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality. — Sir Walter Raleigh.Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come. — Bickersteth.
    2. Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
    3. Appreciation for religious values.
    4. (obsolete) 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.
    5. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality. — Fuller.
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