spirituality

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Scrabble points
17
Words With Friends
19
Letters
12
Pronunciation
/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/ (UK)
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/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/ (UK) · /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/ (US) · [ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.ɾɪ] (US) · /ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.tɪ/ · [ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]

Definition of spirituality

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being spiritual.
    “, "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality”
    “If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest unto spirituality.”
    “Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being spiritual.
    “, "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality”
    “If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest unto spirituality.”
    “Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
    “African Indigenous Spirituality”
  3. (countable, uncountable)Appreciation for religious values.
  4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)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.”
  5. (countable, obsolete, uncountable)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.”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin spīritālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts…

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin spīritālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Late Latin spīrituālitāsder. Middle French spiritualitéder. English spirituality From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās.

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