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; spirituality

Example Sentences

I want to delve further into the foundation of drafting and geometric abstraction, talking about these geometric sorts of nodes, guideposts, that brought you through to many beliefs and spiritualties.

From Los Angeles Times

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

First, a flat formality of Spirit without salt or savour in the spiritualties of Christ, as if their Religion began and ended in their Opinion.

From Project Gutenberg

The spiritualty were already exasperated by the clipping of their claws in the last session.

From Project Gutenberg

During the vacancy of any see in his province, he is guardian of the spiritualties thereof, as the king is of the temporalties; and he executes all ecclesiastical jurisdiction therein.

From Project Gutenberg