spirituality

plural spiritualities

1. countableuncountableThe quality or state of being spiritual.

   , "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality

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   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

2. countableuncountableConcern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.

   African Indigenous Spirituality

3. countableuncountableAppreciation for religious values.
4. countableobsoleteuncountableThat 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. countableobsoleteuncountableAn 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)

   Synonyms: first estate, spiritualty, third sex, clergy, first estate, spiritualty, third sex