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Definition of Spirituous
1. Adjective. Containing or of the nature of alcohol. "Spirituous liquors"
Definition of Spirituous
1. a. Having the quality of spirit; tenuous in substance, and having active powers or properties; ethereal; immaterial; spiritual; pure.
Definition of Spirituous
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, containing, or made using alcohol ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of an alcoholic drink) distilled ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spirituous
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Spirituous
1. Containing alcohol in large amount, denoting liquors. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spirituous
Literary usage of Spirituous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"... ale, or wine or whisky, or other alcoholic, spirituous, or malt liquors "are
kept for sale or distribution, or are sold in wholesale quantities. ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"The use of the words "spirituous liquors," In an Indictment charging a ...
Hence an allegation In an Indictment for the sale of spirituous, vinous, ..."
3. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent (1866)
"97, licenses to keep taverns may now be granted, without including a license to
sell spirituous liquors or wine. So in Alabama, no person can keep a public ..."
4. Journal by General Assembly, Pennsylvania General Assembly. Senate, Pennsylvania (1903)
""An aH requiring the entire amounts of license moneys for the sale of vinous,
spirituous, malt and brewed liquors, to be paid to the county treasurer, ..."
5. Commentaries on American Law by James Kent, Charles M. Barnes (1884)
"97, licenses to keep taverns may now be granted, without including a license to
sell spirituous liquors or wine. So in Alabama, no person can keep a public ..."