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† ˈspirital, a. Obs.
Also 7 -all.
[a. OF. (e)spirital, or ad. L. spīritālis: see spirit n.]
1. Pertaining to sacred concerns; = spiritual a. 2. Also absol.
1390Gower Conf. I. 32 Wher sche cometh overal, Noght only of the temporal Bot of the spirital also. Ibid. 259 That the Papacie Thei wolde honoure and magnefie In al that evere is spirital.
2. Of the nature of spirit; of or pertaining to the spirit in contrast to the body or matter.
1598R. Haydocke tr. Lomazzo ii. 193 Spirital and incorporal thinges. 1642H. More Song of Soul ii. ii. ii. xi, This is a substance truly spiritall, That reason by her glistring lamp hath shown. Ibid. ii. ii. iii. xvii, That truths spiritall we may with ease Find out. a1676Hale Prim. Orig. Man. iii. vi. (1677) 277 When the Matter is fitly prepared, there is an illapse of this Vital, Formative, Spirital Principle into it. 1707J. Stevens tr. Quevedo's Com. Wks. (1709) 48 There being no likelihood that human Weakness could prevail against a spirital Power. |