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noun
The state or fact of being spiritual; holiness, spirituality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Collectively, the authorities of spiritual matters; the clergy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: first estate, spirituality, third sex, clergy, spiritualty
Antonyms: none provided
noun
property or income owned by a church
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: spirituality, church property
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property, belongings, holding
Narrower terms: temporalty, temporality, benefice, ecclesiastical benefice
History
From Old French espirituaulté.
