spirithood

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noun

The state, quality, or condition of a spirit.

OriginProto-Germanic *haiduz ← Proto-Indo-European *keyt- ← English spirit →
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Meanings

nounspirithood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state, quality, or condition of a spirit.

    Yet the idea of spirithood is perfectly simple, really. The stress is upon the emotion that is eternal and absolute: love. And since the essence of love is freedom, through spirithood freedom is introduced into the whole personality.

    2012, Stewart A. McDowall, Evolution and the Doctrine of the Trinity

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritu
  4. Old Frenchespirit
  5. Middle Englishspirit
  6. Englishspirit
  7. Proto-Indo-European*keyt-
  8. Proto-Germanic*haiduz
  9. Englishspirithood

From spirit + -hood.

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APA

spirithood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirithood

MLA

“spirithood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirithood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spirithood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spirithood.

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