spiritualty

[ spir-i-choo-uhl-tee ]

noun

, plural spir·it·u·al·ties.

1. Often spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
2. the body of ecclesiastics; the clergy.

spiritualty

/ ˈspɪrɪtjʊəltɪ /

noun

1. the clergy collectively
2. another word for spirituality

Word History and Origins

Origin of spiritualty¹

1350–1400; Middle English spiritualte < Middle French < Medieval Latin spīrituālitās; spirituality

Example Sentences

The spiritualty were already exasperated by the clipping of their claws in the last session.

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He had studied the question for seven years, and was satisfied that no temporal lord could be head of the spiritualty.

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The king is ruled by a common —— Anne Boleyn, who has made all the spiritualty to be beggared, and the temporalty also.

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All Mary's acts in favour of an independent legislation and jurisdiction of the spiritualty were repealed.

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In the autumn of 1522 Wolsey was compelled to have recourse to a loan from both spiritualty and temporalty.

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