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Of or pertaining to rites or ritual; as, ritual service or sacrifices; the ritual law.

A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual.

One skilled un, or attached to, a ritual; one who advocates or practices ritualism.

Pertaining to, or in accordance with, a ritual; adhering to ritualism.

By rites, or by a particular rite.

Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 1 Cor. xv. 44.

Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. -- Spir"it*u*al-mind`ed*ness, n.

The quality or state of being spiritual.

One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.

Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.

The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly- mindedness. A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality. South. If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality. Sir W. Raleigh. Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of min…

The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.

lectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul. This seen in the clear air, and the whole spiritualized by endless recollections, fills the eye and the heart more forcibly than I can find words to say. Carlyle.…

One who spiritualizes.

In a spiritual manner; with purity of spirit; like a spirit.

The quality or state of being spiritual or spiritual-minded; spirituality.

An ecclesiastical body; a spirituality. Shak.

A superior spiritual relationship or attraction held to exist sometimes between persons, esp. persons of the opposite sex; also, the man or woman who exerts such psychical or spiritual attraction.

A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.]

Totality; completeness. [R.] The allness of God, including his absolute spirituality, supremacy, and eternity. R. Turnbull.