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20841 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUALLY.1 (Noah Webster)
SPIRITUALLY, adv. Without corporeal grossness or sensuality; in a manner conformed to the spirit of true religion; with purity of spirit or heart.
20842 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUALLY.2 (Noah Webster)
Spiritually minded, under the influence of the Holy Spirit or of holy principles; having the affections refined and elevated above sensual objects, and placed on God and his law. Romans 8:6 .
20843 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUALLY.3 (Noah Webster)
Spiritually discerned, known, not by carnal reason, but by the peculiar illumination of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:14 .
20844 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUOUS.1 (Noah Webster)
SPIRITUOUS, a.
20845 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUOUS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Containing spirit; consisting of refined spirit; ardent; as spirituous liquors. [This might well be written spiritous.]
20846 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUOUS.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Having the quality of spirit; fine; pure; active; as the spirituous part of a plant.
20847 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUOUSNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
SPIRITUOUSNESS, n.
20848 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPIRITUOUSNESS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. The quality of being spirituous; ardor; heat; stimulating quality; as the spirituousness of liquors.
20849 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SPOIL.8 (Noah Webster)
Spiritual pride spoils many graces.
20850 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUBORDINATE.6 (Noah Webster)
SUBORDINATE, v.t. To place in order or rank below something else; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another; to subordinate temporal to spiritual things.
20851 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUPREMACY.2 (Noah Webster)
The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes.
20852 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. SUPREMACY.3 (Noah Webster)
Oath of supremacy, in Great Britain, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the king in spiritual affairs, and renounces or abjures the pretended supremacy of the pope.
20853 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TEMPORAL.2 (Noah Webster)
… to spiritual. Let not temporal affairs or employments divert the mind from spiritual concerns, which are far more important.
20854 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TEMPORALITIES.1 (Noah Webster)
TEMPORALITIES, TEMPORALS, n. Secular possessions; revenues of an ecclesiastic proceeding from lands, tenements, or lay-fees, tithes and the like. It is opposed to spiritualities.
20855 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. THOUGHTFULNESS.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Serious attention to spiritual concerns.
20856 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TINCTURE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In medicine, a spiritus solution of such of the proximate principles of vegetables and animals as are soluble in pure alcohol or proof-spirit; wine or spirits containing medicinal substances in solution.
20857 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TIPPLE.1 (Noah Webster)
TIPPLE, v.i. To drink spiritus or strong liquors habitually; to indulge in the frequent and improper use of spiritus liquors. When a man begins to tipple, let his creditors secure their debts.
20858 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TIPPLER.1 (Noah Webster)
TIPPLER, n. One who habitually indulges in the excessive use of spiritus liquors; a drunkard; a sot. It however signifies often a person who habitually drinks strong liquors, without absolute drunkenness.
20859 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TIPPLING.1 (Noah Webster)
TIPPLING, ppr. Indulging in the habitual use of strong or spiritus liquors.
20860 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TIPPLING.2 (Noah Webster)
TIPPLING, n. The habitual practice of drinking strong or spiritus liquors; a drinking to excess.