spiritualty
Often spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
the body of ecclesiastics; the clergy.
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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. FroudeHe 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. FroudeThe 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| James Anthony FroudeAll Mary's acts in favour of an independent legislation and jurisdiction of the spiritualty were repealed.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 RankeIn 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
/ (ˈspɪrɪtjʊəltɪ) /
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