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36461 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual (n.).1
spiritual (n.)
36462 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.).
36463 Etymology dictionary, p. spirituous (adj.).1
spirituous (adj.)
36464 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 …
36465 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."
36466 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 …
36467 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual-minded (adj.).1
spiritual-minded (adj.)
36468 Etymology dictionary, p. spiritual-minded (adj.).2
1526 (Tyndale), from spiritual (adj.) + -minded. Related: Spiritual-mindedness .
36469 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 …
36470 Etymology dictionary, p. spouse (n.).2
… the spiritual husband of the soul, the church, etc.," and sometimes also a term of address; also "marriage, the wedded state," from Old French spous (fem. spouse ) "marriage …
36471 Etymology dictionary, p. spouse (n.).3
Wycliffe and other old religious writers have spousess "wife, bride," chiefly in figurative spiritual use. Spouse-breach (early 13c.) was an old name for "adultery;" spouse-breaker (early 14c.) for "adulterer."
36472 Etymology dictionary, p. spousal (n.).3
… state; spiritual union (of a virgin) with Christ" (late Old English), with -hood .
36473 Etymology dictionary, p. sprite (n.).2
… Latin spiritus ( spirit (n.) retains the Latin form). So in Middle English and after sprite could mean "breath; the principle of life; the Holy Ghost; mind, intellect …
36474 Etymology dictionary, p. starve (v.).2
… "die spiritually," from Old English steorfan "to die" (past tense stearf, past participle storfen ), etymologically "become stiff," from Proto-Germanic *sterbanan …
36475 Etymology dictionary, p. stirring (n.).2
… .), originally spiritual; in reference to love, regret, etc., from late 14c. Related: Stirrings. Stirrage for "act of stirring" in a literal sense (1510s) seems obsolete …
36476 Etymology dictionary, p. subdue (v.).4
The meaning "bring (a person) to mental or spiritual subjection, prevail over, render submissive" is from c. 1500.
36477 Etymology dictionary, p. sup (v.1).3
In the Bible, "take the principal meal of the day" (a late dinner). Often especially of a meal in company; in Middle English often figurative of spiritual communion or heavenly life after death, with senses influenced by the Last Supper.
36478 Etymology dictionary, p. super-.4
… and spiritual writing, the notion in it was "beyond; not partaking of." Hence superordinary "excellent, better than what is common or usual" (1620s); supersensual …
36479 Etymology dictionary, p. supererogation (n.).4
… the spiritual worth of any of its members" [Hook, "Church Dictionary," 1854]. This became the basis for the unpopular indulgences that offended the early Protestants …
36480 Etymology dictionary, p. supersensible (adj.).2
also super-sensible, 1798, "beyond the reach of the senses," in reference to what is spiritual or physical but imperceptible to any sense, from super- + sensible .