spirituality

English Online Dictionary. What means spirituality‎? What does spirituality mean?

English

Etymology

From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/, [ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.tɪ/, [ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]

Noun

spirituality (countable and uncountable, plural spiritualities)

1. The quality or state of being spiritual.
   • , "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness"

     a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
2. Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
3. Appreciation for religious values.
4. (obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
5. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

Antonyms

• materialism

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