spirituality

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/    美 /ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/|[ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]|/ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.tɪ/|[ˌspɪɹ.ɪ.t͡ʃʉˈæl.ə.ɾɪ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality or state of being spiritual. countable,uncountable
    — , "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
  2. Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane. countable,uncountable
    — African Indigenous Spirituality
  3. Appreciation for religious values. countable,uncountable
  4. That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof.
  5. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality.

词形变化

spiritualities plural

词汇关系

反义词
materialism
衍生词
antispirituality conspirituality nonspirituality panspirituality

词源

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-der.?
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.
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