Definition of "spirituality"

spirituality

/ˌspɪ.ɹə.t͡ʃuˈæ.lə.tɪ/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural spiritualities
1. The quality or state of being spiritual.
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  a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
  1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, 6th edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727
  If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest unto spirituality.
  1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], (please specify |book=1 to 5)
  Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.
  1841, Edward Bickersteth, A Treatise of Prayer
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.
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  During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof.
  1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press
5. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
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  Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality.The spelling has been modernized.
  1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837

Definition of "spirituality"

spirituality

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