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36441 Etymology dictionary, p. Shia (n.).3
… , that spiritual and political authority followed his family line, as opposed to the Sunni, who took Abu Bakr as the political leader of the community. The Arabic …
36442 Etymology dictionary, p. sick (adj.).5
… of "spiritually or morally corrupt" was in Old English, which also had seocmod "infirm of mind"). Sick joke is attested by 1958.
36443 Etymology dictionary, p. sky-pilot (n.).2
by 1877 as a slang term for a clergyman, from sky (n.) + pilot (n.). Often, but not originally, a sailor's term for a navy chaplain or any who has spiritual charge of seamen. Also "a balloonist" (by 1854).
36444 Etymology dictionary, p. soteriological (adj.).2
"pertaining to the doctrine of spiritual salvation through Jesus Christ," 1843, from German soteriologisch; see soteriology .
36445 Etymology dictionary, p. soul (n.1).2
… sawol "spiritual and emotional part of a person, animate existence; life, living being," from Proto-Germanic *saiwalō (source also of Old Saxon seola, Old Norse …
36446 Etymology dictionary, p. soul (n.2).2
… as "spiritual sustenance"), etc. Soul music, originally a type of popular music typically sung by Black singers and combining elements of R&B and gospel, is so …
36447 Etymology dictionary, p. spirit (n.).2
… Latin spiritus "a breathing (of respiration, also of the wind), breath;" also "breath of a god," hence "inspiration; breath of life," hence life itself.
36448 Etymology dictionary, p. spirit (n.).5
… for spiritualism in the supernatural sense, is from 1852. Spirit-world "world of disembodied spirits" is by 1829.
36449 Etymology dictionary, p. spirit (n.).9
… and spiritus ) but "is without significance for earlier periods" [Buck]. Latin spiritus, usually in classical Latin "breath," replaced animus in the sense "spirit …
36450 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (adj.).1
spiritual (adj.)
36451 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (adj.).2
… ," from spiritus "of breathing; of the spirit" (see spirit (n.)).
36452 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 …
36453 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituality (n.).1
spirituality (n.)
36454 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituality (n.).2
… (see spiritual (adj.)).
36455 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.
36456 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 …
36457 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualism (n.).1
spiritualism (n.)
36458 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 …
36459 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritualize (v.).1
spiritualize (v.)
36460 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."