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35441 Etymology dictionary, p. inner (adj.).3
… "the spiritual part of man" by late 14c. The Quaker inner light is attested by that name from 1833. Inner tube in the pneumatic tire sense is from 1894. Inner city …
35442 Etymology dictionary, p. inspirational (adj.).2
… in spiritualism. Earlier in the sense "tending to inspire" were inspirative (1770), inspiring (1640s).
35443 Etymology dictionary, p. intercourse (n.).3
… or spiritual exchange or intercommunication" is from 1560s. Meaning "sexual relations" (1798) probably is a shortening of euphemistic sexual intercourse …
35444 Etymology dictionary, p. intuition (n.).2
… cognition, spiritual perception," originally theological, from Late Latin intuitionem (nominative intuitio ) "a looking at, consideration," noun of action …
35445 Etymology dictionary, p. kingdom (n.).3
Kingdom-come (n.) "the next world, the hereafter" (1785), originally slang, is from the Lord's Prayer, where it is an archaic simple present subjunctive ("may Thy kingdom come") in reference to the spiritual reign of God or Christ.
35446 Etymology dictionary, p. leman (n.).2
… "a spiritually beloved one; redeemed soul, believer in Christ; female saint devoted to chastity; God, Christ, the Virgin Mary;" also a term of intimate address …
35447 Etymology dictionary, p. leman (n.).3
… , the spiritually beloved of God, etc.; by c. 1300 it could mean "betrothed lover," and by late 14c. it had the pejorative sense "concubine, mistress, gallant." For loss …
35448 Etymology dictionary, p. *leuk-.4
… , daylight; spiritual illumination," German Licht, Gothic liuhaþ "light."
35449 Etymology dictionary, p. levitate (v.).2
… from spiritualism. Related: Levitated; levitating .
35450 Etymology dictionary, p. life (n.).2
… death; spiritual existence imparted by God, through Christ, to the believer," from Proto-Germanic *leiban (source also of Old Norse lif "life, body," Old Frisian …
35451 Etymology dictionary, p. light (n.).2
… , daylight; spiritual illumination," from Proto-Germanic *leukhtam (source also of Old Saxon lioht, Old Frisian liacht, Middle Dutch lucht, Dutch licht, Old High …
35452 Etymology dictionary, p. light (n.).3
… figurative spiritual sense was in Old English; the sense of "mental illumination" is first recorded mid-15c. Meaning "something used for igniting" is from 1680s …
35453 Etymology dictionary, p. light (v.2).2
… a spiritual sense, "to illuminate, fill with brightness." It is common Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon liohtian, Old High German liuhtan, German leuchten, Gothic …
35454 Etymology dictionary, p. lost (adj.).2
c. 1300; "wasted, ruined, spent in vain," c. 1500; also "no longer to be found, gone astray" (1520s), past-participle adjectives from lose. Meaning "spiritually ruined, inaccessible to good influence" is from 1640s. Related: Lostness .
35455 Etymology dictionary, p. Lucifer.3
… interpreted spiritually by Christians as a reference to Satan, even though it is literally a reference to the King of Babylon (see Isaiah xiv.4). Sometimes …
35456 Etymology dictionary, p. luminary (n.).3
… of spiritual light, example of holiness" (mid-15c.). As an adjective, "pertaining to light," from 1794 but this is rare.
35457 Etymology dictionary, p. magic (n.).2
… of spiritual or superhuman beings; from Old French magique "magic; magical," from Late Latin magice "sorcery, magic," from Greek magike (presumably with tekhnē …
35458 Etymology dictionary, p. maharishi (n.).2
Hindu sage or holy man, 1785, from Sanskrit, from maha "great" (from PIE root *meg- "great") + rishi "inspired sage." In general use, a title for a popular spiritual leader.
35459 Etymology dictionary, p. Mahdi (n.).2
… , a spiritual and temporal leader destined to appear on earth during the last days. Applied c. 1880 to insurrectionary leaders in the Sudan who claimed to be …
35460 Etymology dictionary, p. manifestation (n.).2
… . The spiritualism sense of "phenomena by which the presence of a spirit or ghost is supposed to be rendered perceptible" is attested by 1853.