spirituality
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (2)
- property or income owned by a churchSynonyms: spiritualtychurch property
- concern with things of the spiritSynonyms: spiritualismspiritismotherworldliness
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality.— South.[1913 Webster]
If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality.— Sir W. Raleigh.[1913 Webster]
Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.— Bickersteth.[1913 Webster]
2.(Eccl.) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities. [1913 Webster]
During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof.— Blackstone.[1913 Webster]
3.An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]