verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- despiritualization noun
- despiritualize verb (used with object)
- respiritualize verb (used with object)
- spiritualization noun
- spiritualizer noun
- unspiritualized adjective
- unspiritualizing adjective
Etymology
Origin of spiritualize
Example Sentences
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This production of “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” seems like a gift from the other side, that mysterious, creative realm where history is spiritualized.
From Los Angeles Times
In their churches, food banks, recovery services and community meetings, local NAR leaders offer individual and highly spiritualized explanations for this country’s systemic crises of poverty, homelessness, hunger and addiction.
From Salon
Maybe they grew rapidly because her suffering was spiritualized away.
From Salon
He added, “There is not a single degradation of the body which I must not try and make into a spiritualizing of the soul.”
From New York Times
Some white churches “have the luxury to say, ‘Let’s just spiritualize everything and not get involved in politics,’” Alick said.
From Seattle Times
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