单词 | spiritualization |
释义 | spiritualizationn. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > chemical reactions or processes > [noun] > chemical reactions or processes (named) > miscellaneous other processes redintegrationa1550 decoction1555 fixion1555 cementation1592 fumigation1617 spiritualization1651 retortion1657 rocking1673 phosphorizationa1687 concentration1689 humectation1706 animalization1733 hyperoxygenation1793 bituminization1804 assimilation1830 metamorphosis1843 transformation1857 retorting1858 tincturation1860 regeneration1869 nitrification1880 diagenesis1886 aluminothermy1900 aluminothermics1902 photoprocess1910 olation1931 mass transfer1937 reconcentration1956 tritiation1961 borohydride reduction1965 1651 J. French tr. J. R. Glauber Descr. New Philos. Furnaces 375 The purification, vivification and spiritualiz [a] tion [L. spiritualisatio] of metals; which is done by solution, putrefaction, distillation, and circulation. 1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa i. xlvi. 32 Spiritualization is the conversion of the parts of a solid body into Spirit. It is particularly attributed to Salts, of which almost all the parts are converted into Spirit by Distillation. 1752 London Mag. May 256/1 It seem reasonable that the gross, inactive matter only differs from the contaminating particles in a greater or lesser degree of spiritualization. b. Conversion or transformation from material or bodily state into an immaterial or spiritual one; the action of changing into spirit or a spirit. Cf. spiritualize v. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [noun] > spirituality or being incorporeal > spiritualization spiritualizinga1635 spiritualization1688 1688 Short Disc. Mortality of Body in F. Quarles Solomon's Recantations (new ed.) 61 Spiritualization of Bodies will consist in this precisely, that they should no longer exercise an Empire over the Souls, and that they should be no longer a Charge, an Obstacle and an Incumbrance to them. 1732 R. Cornthwaite Romish Doctr. Transubstant. 17 If the immortalization or spiritualization of bodies made them infinite, we should then have as many infinite beings..as there shall be immortalized bodies. 1891 F. C. S. Schiller Riddles of Sphinx 397 Matter also undergoes a process of spiritualization. 2011 O. Smith V. Soloviev & Spiritualization of Matter iv. 241 The eschatological task of the spiritualization of matter, the final union of the heavenly and the earthly. 2. a. The action or process of becoming or being made spiritual; the action of making spiritual or imbuing with a spiritual character. Cf. spiritualize v. 2a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > instruction or improvement edificationc1384 edifying1509 vivificationa1548 spiritualization1703 1703 T. Brown et al. Contin. Lett. from Dead to Living (new ed.) 29* That Enlargement of our Knowledge, which is the Necessity of our Spiritualization. 1809 Crit. Rev. 3rd Ser. 16 464 This spiritualization of the old faith. 1927 Enemy No. 2. 123 Sexualisation of spirit or spiritualisation of sex, whether it be in the fashion of Lawrence, Blake or certain Hindus..both lose both values. 2016 Def. Jrnl (Nexis) 31 May If the aim of religion is the spiritualization of the heart, then it must penetrate the soul of man. b. The action or an act of understanding or viewing something in a spiritual sense or from a spiritual point of view; spiritual interpretation or representation. Cf. spiritualize v. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [noun] > mystical anagogy?a1425 anagoge1569 spiritualizinga1635 spiritualization?1787 ?1787 Pleasing Refl. on Life & Manners 176 It is not every one who on the most trifling incidents runs on in a strain of spiritualization, giving a sanctimonious turn to every word that is dropped. 1820 R. Southey Life Wesley I. 204 Madness never gave birth to combinations of more..blasphemous obscenity, than they did in their fantastic allegories and spiritualizations. 1884 Old Test. Student 4 88 There is an undue tendency to spiritualization, which finds mystical meanings in the decorations of tabernacle, the dress of priests and the most trivial incidents of every day life. 1988 Jrnl. Royal Mus. Assoc. 113 179 In these medieval spiritualizations of Orpheus one of his several qualities..is prominent: his success in conquering Hades. 2011 R. V. Francaviglia Go East, Young Man vii. 215 This artistic impulse and the spiritualization of the landscape in Japan. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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