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35381 Etymology dictionary, p. Bildungsroman (n.).2
… of spiritual education, of the main character," 1910, from German Bildungsroman, from Bildung "education, formation, growth" (from Bild "picture, image, figure …
35382 Etymology dictionary, p. biogen (n.).2
1882, "hypothetical soul-stuff, the substance of a proposed spiritual body," coined by U.S. scientist Elliott Coues; see bio- + -gen. From 1899 as "hypothetical protoplasmic unit," from German Biogen (1895). Related: Biogenetic; biogenation .
35383 Etymology dictionary, p. bishop (n.).2
… "watcher, (spiritual) overseer," a title for various government officials, later taken over in a Church sense, from epi- "over" (see epi- ) + skopos "one that watches, one …
35384 Etymology dictionary, p. black (adj.).4
… or spiritual. Latin niger had many of the same figurative senses ("gloomy; unlucky; bad, wicked, malicious"). The metaphoric use of the Greek word, melas, however …
35385 Etymology dictionary, p. blessing (n.).2
… of spiritual well-being or joy;" also of a sanction or benediction of the Pope, a priest, etc.; verbal noun from bless. The meaning "a gift from God, that which gives …
35386 Etymology dictionary, p. bliss (n.).2
… of spiritual joy, perfect felicity, the joy of heaven. It has been influenced by unrelated bless .
35387 Etymology dictionary, p. bodily (adj.).2
c. 1300, "pertaining to the body;" also opposed to "spiritual;" from body + -ly (1). As an adverb (with -ly (2)) from late 14c.
35388 Etymology dictionary, p. carnally (adv.).2
late 15c., "sexually, according to the flesh;" 1530s, "corporeally, not spiritually;" from carnal + -ly (2).
35389 Etymology dictionary, p. carnal (adj.).3
… , not spiritual" is from mid-15c. Carnal knowledge "sexual intercourse" is attested from early 15c. and was in legal use by 1680s. Medieval Latin carnalis meant …
35390 Etymology dictionary, p. castaway (n.).2
… a spiritual sense at first; Johnson's dictionary in 1799 gives "A person lost, or abandoned, by Providence" as the only definition. The specific sense "one adrift …
35391 Etymology dictionary, p. chakra (n.).2
1888 in yoga sense of "a spiritual center of power in the human body," from Sanskrit cakra "circle, wheel," from PIE root *kwel- (1) "revolve, move round."
35392 Etymology dictionary, p. charisma (n.).2
… , "special spiritual gift or power divinely conferred, talent from God" (as on the early Christians in "Acts," etc.), Latinized form of Greek kharisma "favor, divine …
35393 Etymology dictionary, p. charisma (n.).3
In the form charism (plural charismata ) it is attested in the "special spiritual gift from god" sense from 1640s. Middle English, meanwhile, had karisme "spiritual gift, divine grace" (c. 1500).
35394 Etymology dictionary, p. Christian (n., adj.).3
… and spiritual character proper to a follower of Christ" is from 1590s (continuing a sense in the Middle English word). Christian name, that given at christening …
35395 Etymology dictionary, p. Christianity (n.).2
… "Christendom; spiritual authority; baptism" (Modern French chrétienté ), from Church Latin christianitatem (nominative christianitas ), noun of state from …
35396 Etymology dictionary, p. collapse (v.).3
… a spiritual or religious state," perhaps from co- + lapsed. Related: Collapsing .
35397 Etymology dictionary, p. comfortable (adj.).2
… or spiritual comfort," from Anglo-French and Old French confortable "comforting; pleasant, agreeable," from conforter "to comfort, solace" (see comfort (v.)); also …
35398 Etymology dictionary, p. conflict (n.).3
… or spiritual struggle" (against temptation, etc.). Phrase conflict of interest was in use by 1743.
35399 Etymology dictionary, p. corporeal (adj.).2
… or spiritual," with adjectival suffix -al (1) + Latin corporeus "of the nature of a body," from corpus "body" (living or dead), from PIE *kwrpes, from root *kwrep- "body, form …
35400 Etymology dictionary, p. corruption (n.).2
… , etc., "spiritual contamination, depravity, wickedness," from Latin corruptionem (nominative corruptio ) "a corruption, spoiling, seducing; a corrupt condition …