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spirituality

UK/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/US/ˌspɪɹ.ə.t͡ʃuˈæl.ə.tɪ/
nounB2Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #8,693 of 15,258leans written

Spirituality is concern with the soul rather than material things. A private spirituality.

It is now often used of belief outside any organised religion, which is a recent shift. Spirituality without a church leaves people free and without any community to fall back on.

Sujeet Singh · CC BY 4.0

Definitions of spirituality

  1. 1nounspiritualityConcern with the soul rather than material things.B2

    “Her spirituality had nothing to do with any church at all.”

spirituality is a concern.

Where it comes from

Latin spiritualitas comes from spiritus, breath or spirit, from spirare, to breathe.

  1. Latin

    spīritālitās

  2. Middle French

    spiritualité

  3. English, today

    spirituality

From Middle French spiritualité, from Latin spīritālitās. From Middle French spiritualité, from Latin spīrituālitās.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

spirituality in the wild

  • The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other.

    Spirituality

  • Catholic spirituality includes the various ways in which Catholics live out their Baptismal promise through prayer and action.

    Catholic spirituality

  • Spiritual, or spirit-centered, leadership is frequently associated with the workplace spirituality movement.

    Workplace spirituality

  • Some subjects of interest include Neolithic religion, evidence for spirituality or cultic behavior in the Upper Paleolithic, and similarities in great ape behavior.

    Evolutionary origin of religion

  • However, taken as a whole, research tends to show that the effect of spirituality is positive, associated with better health outcomes.

    Spirituality and homelessness

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.