SPIRITUALITIES
Noun
spiritualities
plural of spirituality
Source: Wiktionary
SPIRITUALITY
Spir`it*u*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Spiritualities. Etym: [L. spiritualitas:
cf. F. spiritualité.]
1. The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-
mindedness.
A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality. South.
If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to
spirituality. Sir W. Raleigh.
Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the
state of mind in which we come. Bickersteth.
2. (Eccl.)
Definition: That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an
ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the
spiritualities thereof. Blackstone.
3. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct
from, or opposed to, the temporality. [Obs.]
Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality.
Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition