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Definition of Spirituality
1. Noun. Property or income owned by a church.
Generic synonyms: Belongings, Holding, Property
Specialized synonyms: Temporality, Temporalty, Benefice, Ecclesiastical Benefice
2. Noun. Concern with things of the spirit.
Generic synonyms: Internality, Inwardness
Derivative terms: Otherworldly, Spiritualist, Spiritual
Antonyms: Worldliness
Definition of Spirituality
1. n. The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly- mindedness.
Definition of Spirituality
1. Noun. The quality or state of being spiritual. ¹
2. Noun. Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane. ¹
3. Noun. Appreciation for religious values. ¹
4. Noun. (obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spirituality
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Medical Definition of Spirituality
1. Origin: L. Spiritualitas: cf. F. Spiritualite. 1. The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness. "A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality." (South) "If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality." (Sir W. Raleigh) "Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come." (Bickersteth) 2. 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) 3. 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) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirituality
Literary usage of Spirituality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Methodist Review (1897)
"To show that this is fairly stated, and that the contributor holds knowledge to
be chiefly the seat of spirituality, we quote his own words: " Wbi: is the ..."
2. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress: Or, The Phases of by George Santayana (1906)
"This aspiring side of religion may be called spirituality. spirituality is nobler
than piety, because what would fulfil our being and make it worth having ..."
3. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"CHAPTER XI spirituality AND ITS CORRUPTIONS In honouring the sources of life,
... This aspiring side of religion may be called spirituality. ..."
4. Mind (1899)
"WHAT IS spirituality? BY EDWARD A. PEN NOCK. spirituality is widely recognized
as the great need of humanity. The philosophy of materialism—the belief that ..."
5. The Religious Teaching of the Old Testament by Albert Cornelius Knudson (1918)
"CHAPTER IV THE spirituality OF GOD THE word "spirituality" as applied to God has at
... These three senses, in which the divine spirituality is affirmed, ..."
6. The Principles of Christian Apologetics: An Exposition of the Intellectual by Thomas Joseph Walshe (1919)
"The first of these endowments is the spirituality of the soul. ... Hence spirituality
implies (i) the power of existing and acting without the aid of ..."
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