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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Spirituality \Spir`it*u*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Spiritualities}. [L.
   spiritualitas: cf. F. spiritualit['e].]
   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.) 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 : WordNet®

spirituality
     n 1: property or income owned by a church [syn: {spiritualty}, {church
          property}]
     2: concern with things of the spirit [syn: {spiritualism}, {otherworldliness}]
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