Spir`it*u*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Spiritualities (#). [L. spiritualitas: cf. F.
spiritualité.] 1. The quality or
state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-
mindedness.
A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its
spirituality.
South.
If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth
nearest to spirituality.
Sir W.
Raleigh.
Much of our spirituality and comfort in public
worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.
Bickersteth.
2. (Eccl.) 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.
Blackstone.
3. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of
the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
[Obs.]
Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the
spirituality.
Fuller.
Spir`it*u*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl.
Spiritualities (#). [L. spiritualitas: cf. F.
spiritualité.] 1. The quality or
state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-
mindedness.
A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its
spirituality.
South.
If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth
nearest to spirituality.
Sir W.
Raleigh.
Much of our spirituality and comfort in public
worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.
Bickersteth.
2. (Eccl.) 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.
Blackstone.
3. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of
the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
[Obs.]
Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the
spirituality.
Fuller.
