2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
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. (Eccl.) 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. [Obs.]
Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by
the spirituality. --Fuller.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
spirituality
n 1: property or income owned by a church [syn: {spiritualty}, {church
property}]
2: concern with things of the spirit [syn: {otherworldliness}]
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