spirituality

Etymology

From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spiritualitas.

noun

  1. The quality or state of being spiritual.
    , "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
    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. Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
  3. Appreciation for religious values.
  4. (obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
  5. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

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