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spirituality en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • [ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.ɾɪ] (US)
  • [ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.ɾɪ] (Australia)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/ (UK)
  • /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/ (US)
  • (Mid-Atlantic, US) audio
  • /ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.tɪ/ (Australia)

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- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? 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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The quality or state of being spiritual.
    • If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest unto spirituality. 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
    • Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come. 1841, Edward Bickersteth, A Treatise of Prayer:
    • , "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
  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. 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
  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. 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
spiritualities Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

materialism

Deriveds

panspirituality · antispirituality · conspirituality · nonspirituality

Synonyms

third sex · third sex · spiritualty · first estate · spirituality · first estate · spiritualty · clergy

Translations (37)

ml ആത്മീയത (quality or state of being spiritual) · uk духо́вність (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · pt espiritualidade (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · ru духо́вность (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · ca espiritualitat (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · nl spiritualiteit (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · nb åndelighet (quality or state of being spiritual) · sv andlighet (quality or state of being spiritual) · cmn 靈性 /灵性 (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · fi uskonnollisuus (appreciation for religious values) · pl duchowość (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · it spiritualità (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · ar رُوحَانِيَّة (quality or state of being spiritual) · rsk духовносц (that which belongs to the church, as distinct from temporalities) · cy ysbrydolrwydd (quality or state of being spiritual) · be духо́ўнасць (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · nv hodiyin (shił hodiyin, my spirituality) (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · fr spiritualité (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · de Geistigkeit (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · ja 霊性 (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · ar رَوْحَانِيَّة (quality or state of being spiritual) · fi hengellisyys (quality or state of being spiritual) · ar رُوحِيَّة (quality or state of being spiritual) · kk руханият (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · ast espiritualidá (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · rsk духовносц (quality or state of being spiritual) · tl espiritwalidad (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · ml ആത്മീയത (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · de Spiritualität (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · zza rıhani (quality or state of being spiritual) · gl espiritualidade (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · fi kirkko (whole body of the clergy) · ko 영성 (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · fi hengellisyys (concern for what is unseen and intangible) · fi hengelliset asiat (that which belongs to the church, as distinct from temporalities) · fi henkisyys (quality or state of being spiritual) · es espiritualidad (concern for what is unseen and intangible)