spiritualty

[ spir-i-choo-uhl-tee ]

/ ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl ti /

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noun, plural spir·it·u·al·ties.

Often spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.

the body of ecclesiastics; the clergy.

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Origin of spiritualty

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

Words nearby spiritualty

spiritualism, spiritualist, spirituality, spiritualize, spirituals, spiritualty, spirituel, spirituous, spiritus asper, spiritus frumenti, spiritus lenis

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How to use spiritualty in a sentence

The spiritualty were already exasperated by the clipping of their claws in the last session.
The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon|J.A. Froude
He had studied the question for seven years, and was satisfied that no temporal lord could be head of the spiritualty.
The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon|J.A. Froude
The king is ruled by a common —— Anne Boleyn, who has made all the spiritualty to be beggared, and the temporalty also.
The Reign of Henry the Eighth, Volume 1 (of 3)|James Anthony Froude
All Mary's acts in favour of an independent legislation and jurisdiction of the spiritualty were repealed.
A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6)|Leopold von Ranke

In the autumn of 1522 Wolsey was compelled to have recourse to a loan from both spiritualty and temporalty.
Henry VIII.|A. F. Pollard

British Dictionary definitions for spiritualty

spiritualty

/ (ˈspɪrɪtjʊəltɪ) /

noun plural -ties archaic

the clergy collectively

another word for spirituality

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