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35561 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (adj.).1
spiritual (adj.)
35562 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (adj.).2
… ," from spiritus "of breathing; of the spirit" (see spirit (n.)).
35563 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (adj.).3
… . Related: Spiritually. An Old English word for "spiritual" was godcundlic. Spirital "pertaining to the spiritual realm" (from Latin spiritalis ) also was in use …
35564 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituality (n.).1
spirituality (n.)
35565 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituality (n.).2
… (see spiritual (adj.)).
35566 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituality (n.).3
The meaning "quality of being spiritual, spiritual tendency" is from c. 1500; the seldom-used sense of "fact or condition of being a spirit" is from 1680s.
35567 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituality (n.).4
… spiritualty / spirituality or a specialty / speciality, with distinct forms suitable to senses requiring differentiation. But with hundreds of years gone …
35568 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualism (n.).1
spiritualism (n.)
35569 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualism (n.).2
… a spiritual view, doctrine of the existence of spirit as distinct from matter or as the only reality" (opposed to materialism ), from spiritual (adj.) + -ism. The table …
35570 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualize (v.).1
spiritualize (v.)
35571 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualize (v.).2
"make spiritual or more spiritual," 1630s, from spiritual (adj.) + -ize, or from French spiritualiser. Related: Spiritualize; spiritualizing. Spiritualization is from late 14c. as "realm or jurisdiction of the Church."
35572 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (n.).1
spiritual (n.)
35573 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (n.).2
"African-American religious song," 1866, from spiritual (adj.). Earlier "a spiritual thing" (1660s); "a spiritual person" (1530s); "a cleric" (mid-15c.).
35574 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituous (adj.).1
spirituous (adj.)
35575 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituous (adj.).2
… Latin spiritus (see spirit (n.)) + -ous, or else from French spiritueux (16c.), from Vulgar Latin *spirituosus, from Latin spiritus. Also formerly "spiritual" (1630s), also …
35576 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituous (adj.).3
The meaning "containing much alcohol" is attested from 1680s. Related: Spiritously; spiritousness; spirituosity, which is attested from 1660s as "spiritual character or quality."
35577 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualist (n.).2
… ," from spiritual + -ist (also see spirit (n.)). Earlier (1640s) "one with regard for spiritual things;" also "one who accepts philosophical materialism" (1796). Related Spiritualistic …
35578 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual-minded (adj.).1
spiritual-minded (adj.)
35579 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual-minded (adj.).2
1526 (Tyndale), from spiritual (adj.) + -minded. Related: Spiritual-mindedness .
35580 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualty (n.).2
… , spiritualte, "spirituality, quality of being spiritual" (senses now obsolete); also "the whole clergy of a national church, an ecclesiastical body," from Old French …