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spiritualities |
1 definition 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.
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