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20801 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RECTORY.2 (Noah Webster)

1. A parish church, parsonage or spiritual living, with all its rights, tithes and glebes.

20802 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REGENERATE.7 (Noah Webster)

2. Born anew; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.

20803 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RESEMBLANCE.4 (Noah Webster)

These sensible things which religion hath allowed, are resemblances formed according to things spiritual.

20804 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. REVIVAL.5 (Noah Webster)

4. Renewed and more active attention to religion; an awakening of men to their spiritual concerns.

20805 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RICH.24 (Noah Webster)

19. In Scripture, abounding; highly endowed with spiritual gifts; as rich in faith. James 2:5 .

20806 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RICH.26 (Noah Webster)

21. Self-righteous; abounding, in one’s own opinion, with spiritual graces. Revelation 3:17 .

20807 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RICHES.6 (Noah Webster)

3. In Scripture, an abundance of spiritual blessings. Luke 16:11 .

20808 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. RICHES.8 (Noah Webster)

The riches of Christ, his abundant fullness of spiritual and eternal blessings for men. Ephesians 3:8 .

20809 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SACRAMENT.4 (Noah Webster)

… and spiritual grace; or more particularly, a solemn religious ceremony enjoined by Christ, the head of the christian church, to be observed by his followers …

20810 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SECULAR.2 (Noah Webster)

… not spiritual or holy; relating to things not immediately or primarily respecting the soul, but the body; worldly. The secular concerns of life respect making …

20811 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SECULARIZE.2 (Noah Webster)

1. To make secular; to convert from spiritual appropriation to scular or common use; to convert that which is regular or monastic into secular; as, the ancient regular cathedral churches were secularized.

20812 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SENSUAL.7 (Noah Webster)

4. In theology, carnal; pertaining to the flesh or body, in opposition to the spirit; not spiritual or holy; evil.

20813 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SHEPHERD.4 (Noah Webster)

… in spiritual things. God and Christ are in Scripture dinominated Shepherds, as they lead, protect and govern their people, and provide for their wilfare.

20814 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SIGN.8 (Noah Webster)

7. Visible mark or representation; as an outward sign of and inward and spiritual grace.

20815 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOBRIETY.2 (Noah Webster)

1. Habitual soberness or temperance in the use of spirituous liquors; as when we say. a man of sobriety.

20816 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOMATIST.1 (Noah Webster)

SOMATIST, n. [supra.] One who admits the existence or corporeal or material beings only; one who denies the existence of spiritual substances.

20817 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SOUL.2 (Noah Webster)

… . The spiritual, rational and immortal substance in man, which distinguishes him from brutes; that part of man which enables him to think and reason, and which …

20818 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPARKLE.9 (Noah Webster)

5. To emit little bubbles, as spirituous liquors; as sparkling wine.

20819 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRIT.1 (Noah Webster)

SPIRIT, n. [L. spiritus, from spiro, to breathe, to blow. The primary sense is to rush or drive.]