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36341 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 …
36342 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 .
36343 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 …
36344 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.
36345 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 …
36346 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.
36347 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 …
36348 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.
36349 Etymology dictionary, p. manna (n.).2
… ." Meaning "spiritual nourishment" is attested from late 14c. Generalized sense of "something provided unexpectedly" is from 1590s.
36350 Etymology dictionary, p. master (n.).3
… instructor, spiritual guide." Sense of "master workman or craftsman, workman who is qualified to teach apprentices and carry on a trade on his own account" is …
36351 Etymology dictionary, p. material (adj.).2
… with spiritual, mental, supernatural ), a term in scholastic philosophy and theology, from Old French material, materiel (14c.) and directly from Late Latin materialis …
36352 Etymology dictionary, p. materialize (v.).2
… in spiritualism. Related: Materialized; materializing .
36353 Etymology dictionary, p. materialization (n.).2
… a spiritual, ideal, or imaginary state to a state of matter," noun of action from materialize. In spiritualism, "the assumption (by a spirit) of a bodily form," by 1875 …
36354 Etymology dictionary, p. medicine (n.).2
… of spiritual remedies, from Old French medecine (Modern French médicine ) "medicine, art of healing, cure, treatment, potion" and directly from Latin medicina …
36355 Etymology dictionary, p. medium (n.).4
In spiritualism, "person who conveys spiritual messages," by 1853. In painting, in reference to oil, watercolor, etc., by 1854. The notion is "liquid with which pigments …
36356 Etymology dictionary, p. mental (adj.).3
… soul, spiritual." From 1520s as "done or performed in the mind." Meaning "crazy, deranged" is by 1927, probably from combinations such as mental patient (1859); mental …
36357 Etymology dictionary, p. mentally (adv.).2
early 15c., "intellectually, in the mind," from mental + -ly (2). In Middle English also "spiritually, in the soul."
36358 Etymology dictionary, p. Mercedes.2
… a spiritual meaning to the purely financial classical senses of the Latin word, which also, in its original senses, entered Middle English as mercede "wages …
36359 Etymology dictionary, p. merit (n.).2
… . 1200, "spiritual credit" (for good works, etc.); c. 1300, "spiritual reward," from Old French merite "wages, pay, reward; thanks; merit, moral worth, that which assures divine …
36360 Etymology dictionary, p. metanoia (n.).2
… , "penitence, spiritual conversion," from Greek metanoia "afterthought, repentance," from metanoein "to change one's mind or purpose," from meta, here indicating …