noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
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CMU ARPABET:S P IH2 R IH0 CH UW2 AE1 L AH0 T IY2
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The quality or state of being spiritual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
, "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness" a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
African Indigenous Spirituality
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Appreciation for religious values.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: first estate, spiritualty, third sex, clergy, spirituality
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
concern with things of the spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
رُوحَانِيَّة
(rūḥāniyya)
— quality or state of being spiritual
Arabic:
رَوْحَانِيَّة
(rawḥāniyya)
— quality or state of being spiritual
Arabic:
رُوحِيَّة
(rūḥiyya)
— quality or state of being spiritual
Finnish:
henkisyys
— quality or state of being spiritual
Finnish:
hengellisyys
— quality or state of being spiritual
Malayalam:
ആത്മീയത
(ātmīyata)
— quality or state of being spiritual
Norwegian Bokmål:
åndelighet
— quality or state of being spiritual
Pannonian Rusyn:
духовносц
(duxovnosc)
— quality or state of being spiritual
Swedish:
andlighet
— quality or state of being spiritual
Welsh:
ysbrydolrwydd
— quality or state of being spiritual
Zazaki:
rıhani
— quality or state of being spiritual
Asturian:
espiritualidá
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Belarusian:
духо́ўнасць
(duxównascʹ)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Catalan:
espiritualitat
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Chinese Mandarin:
靈性 /灵性
(língxìng)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Dutch:
spiritualiteit
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Finnish:
hengellisyys
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
French:
spiritualité
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Galician:
espiritualidade
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
German:
Geistigkeit
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
German:
Spiritualität
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Italian:
spiritualità
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Japanese:
霊性
(reisei)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Kazakh:
руханият
(ruxaniät)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Korean:
영성
(yeongseong)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Malayalam:
ആത്മീയത
(ātmīyata)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Navajo:
hodiyin (shił hodiyin, my spirituality)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Polish:
duchowość
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Portuguese:
espiritualidade
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Russian:
духо́вность
(duxóvnostʹ)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Spanish:
espiritualidad
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Tagalog:
espiritwalidad
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Ukrainian:
духо́вність
(duxóvnistʹ)
— concern for what is unseen and intangible
Finnish:
uskonnollisuus
— appreciation for religious values
Finnish:
hengelliset asiat
— that which belongs to the church, as distinct from temporalities
Pannonian Rusyn:
духовносц
(duxovnosc)
— that which belongs to the church, as distinct from temporalities
