spiritualty

American  

[spir-i-choo-uhl-tee] / ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl ti /

noun

plural

spiritualties

1. Often spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.

2. the body of ecclesiastics; the clergy.

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spiritualty British  

/ ˈspɪrɪtjʊəltɪ /

noun

1. the clergy collectively

2. another word for spirituality

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Etymology

Origin of spiritualty

1350–1400; Middle English spiritualte < Middle French < Medieval Latin spīrituālitās; see spirituality

Example Sentences

Throughout you become newly aware of themes of rootlessness, isolation, disenfranchisement and — beyond that — an upward-reaching spiritualty in the music of Dylan, and you remember he was indeed a child of the Depression.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2020

The king is ruled by a common —— Anne Boleyn, who has made all the spiritualty to be beggared, and the temporalty also.

From The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3) by Froude, James Anthony

It is absurd to assume that the "spiritualty" are the only proper persons to teach doctrine, and then to act as if they were unfit to judge of doctrine.

From Occasional Papers Selected from the Guardian, the Times, and the Saturday Review, 1846-1890 by Church, R. W. (Richard William)

The two acts for the pardon of the spiritualty and temporalty were passed concurrently.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

Charles himself had said that, if Henry had no objects beyond the correction of the spiritualty, he would rather aid than obstruct him.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.