spirituality
/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.55 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- ", "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality"
- "If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest unto spirituality."
- "Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come."
- "African Indigenous Spirituality"
- "During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof."
- "Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin spīritālis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Late Latin spīrituālitāsder. Middle French spiritualitéder. English spirituality From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spīrituālitās.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: spiritualité, spīrituālitās
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
- British English: /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
Usage
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Religion.