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spiritually, adv.|ˈspɪrɪtjuːəlɪ|
Also 4 spirituellyche, 5 spirytuelly.
[f. spiritual a.]
1. In a spiritual manner; in or as to the spirit; as regards or in respect of spiritual things; in accordance with spiritual principles.
1340Ayenb. 84 Hi zet man spirituellyche ine his riȝte stat huerinne he wes uerst ymad. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. i. (1495) 3 By the..simylitude of thynges visible our wit or our vnderstondynge, spirytuelly,..may be so well ordred [etc.]. c1440Alph. Tales 194 Our Ladie..enoyntid þis seke man..& curid hym bothe spirituallie & bodelie. 1456Sir G. Haye Law Arms (S.T.S.) 20 As evill bitter wateris gerris mony folk dee temporaly, sa dois..heresy and lollardry the saule dee spiritualy. a1513Fabyan Chron. v. cxiii. (1516) G iij/1 Þ⊇ Quene..brought in hir armes the yonge Baby, to the which she was moder bothe naturally, and spiritually. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 66 The body and blud of Christ is received spiritually. 1650Jer. Taylor Holy Living ii. §3. 90 In the same degree that Virgins live more spiritually then other persons. 1755Young Centaur ii. Wks. IV. 145 Spiritually blind, deaf, and stupid, they see not the great Omnipresent walking in the garden. 1828Lytton Pelham I. xx, Mr. Howard de Howard is too unsubstantial not to be spiritually inclined. 1893Bookman June 86/1 This Russian baroness..spiritually directing the Czar of all the Russias.
b. Comb. in spiritually-minded.
1526Tindale Rom. viii. 6 To be carnally mynded is deeth, and to be spiritually mynded is lyfe, and peace. 1564–78W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 122 He is so spiritually mynded that he forgetteth poore Roger. 1681Owen (title), Grace and Duty of being Spiritually-Minded. 1831Scott Cast. Dang. v, Methinks thou art more spiritually-minded than can always be predicated of a wandering minstrel. 1844tr. M. T. Asmar's Mem. Babylonian Princ. II. 57 Being..a spiritually-minded woman, she yielded her consent.
†2. In or according to a spiritual sense. (Opposed to literally.) Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 1492 Bifore þe sancta sanctorum soþefast dryȝtyn Expouned his speche spiritually to special prophetes. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xv. 68 Þai vnderstand noȝt haly writte spiritually, bot after þe letter. 1550Senonoys Godly Sayings (1846) 74 Understand ye spiritually that whiche I have spoken unto you. 1559W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse Pref. 2 All they agree in this poynt,..but yet as touchinge the situation, some vnderstand it spiritually.
†3. In a spiritual or ecclesiastical capacity.
c15111st Eng. Bk. Amer. Introd. (Arb.) p. xxx/2 The Grekes haue spyrytually the Patriarcke of Constantynnoplen, and many Archebysshops, bysshops, and abbottes.
4. As a spirit or spiritual being; with supernatural beauty, radiance, etc.
1816Byron Siege Cor. xi, Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright. a1850Rossetti Dante & Circle i. (1874) 95 She..Grew perfectly and spiritually fair.
5. In respect of distilled spirit or alcohol. rare.
1866Athenæum 12 May 634/1 French wine being spiritually weaker, than either port or sherry. |