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spirituality

spirituality

3 definitions found for spirituality

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Spirituality \Spir`it*u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Spiritualities. [L.
     spiritualitas: cf. F. spiritualit['e].]
     1. The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality;
        heavenly-mindedness.
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              A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its
              spirituality.                         --South.
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              If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth
              nearest to spirituality.              --Sir W.
                                                    Raleigh.
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              Much of our spirituality and comfort in public
              worship depends on the state of mind in which we
              come.                                 --Bickersteth.
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     2. (Eccl.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person
        as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from
        temporalities.
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              During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is
              guardian of the spiritualities thereof.
                                                    --Blackstone.
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     3. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as
        distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. [Obs.]
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              Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by
              the spirituality.                     --Fuller.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  spirituality
      n 1: property or income owned by a church [syn: spiritualty,
           spirituality, church property]
      2: concern with things of the spirit [syn: spirituality,
         spiritualism, spiritism, otherworldliness] [ant:
         worldliness]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "spirituality":
     Christianity, Christlikeness, Christliness, angelicalness,
     beauty of holiness, bliss, bodilessness, fear of God, ghostliness,
     godlikeness, godliness, godly-mindedness, goodness, harmony,
     heavenliness, heavenly-mindedness, holiness, holy-mindedness,
     immateriality, immaterialness, impalpability, imponderability,
     incorporeality, incorporeity, inextension, intangibility,
     nonexteriority, occult phenomena, occultism, odor of sanctity,
     otherworldliness, psychical research, psychicism, psychics,
     psychism, pureness, pureness of heart, purity, righteousness,
     sainthood, saintlikeness, saintliness, saintship, sanctitude,
     sanctity, seraphicalness, shadowiness, spirit world,
     spiritual-mindedness, spirituousness, supernaturalism, the occult,
     unearthliness, unsubstantiality, unsubstantialness,
     unworldliness