单词 | spiritually |
释义 | spirituallyadv. 1. a. As relates to or affects the human spirit, soul, or mind; with regard to the spirit or spiritual matters (as opposed to material or worldly things). Also: in accordance with spiritual principles. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adverb] ghostlyOE spiritually1340 sprituallyc1426 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 84 Hi zet man spirituellyche ine his riȝte stat huerinne he wes uerst ymad. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 194 Our Ladie..enoyntid þis seke man..& curid hym bothe spirituallie & bodelie. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxiii. f. li Ye Quene..brought in hir armes the yonge Baby, to the which she was moder bothe naturally, and spiritually. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. lxvj The body & blud of Christ is receiued spiritually not corporally, nor with ye mouth, but with the hart. 1650 Bp. J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living ii. §3. 90 In the same degree that Virgins live more spiritually then other persons. 1685 J. Jackson et al. Annot. Holy Bible II. sig. X2/1 Our Saviour must be understood, either of those who are Sinfully full, or at least such as be Spiritually empty. 1755 E. Young Centaur ii, in Wks. (1757) IV. 145 Spiritually blind, deaf, and stupid, they see not the great Omnipresent walking in the garden. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. xx. 154 Mr. Howard de Howard is too unsubstantial not to be spiritually inclined. 1893 Bookman June 86/1 This Russian baroness..spiritually directing the Czar of all the Russias. 1976 L. R. Banks Dark Quartet (1986) iii. ii. 134 Spiritually, he began to revile the religious creed of his childhood. 2018 Aberdeen Evening Express (Nexis) 16 Mar. 21 Spiritually uplifting activities are critical to your happiness. b. In a spiritual (as opposed to a literal) sense; as considered from a spiritual point of view; according to a spiritual or mystical interpretation. Cf. spiritualizer n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [adverb] > in a spiritual sense ghostlyOE spirituallyc1400 society > faith > aspects of faith > Bible, Scripture > text > criticism, interpretation > [adverb] > mystical ghostlyOE spirituallyc1400 anagogically1570 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 1492 Bifore þe sancta sanctorum [þer] soþefast Dryȝtyn Expouned his speche spyrytually to special prophetes. ?a1425 Mandeville's Trav. (Egerton) (1889) 68 Þai vnderstand noȝt haly writte spiritually, bot after þe letter. 1550 J. Veron Godly Saiyngs sig. D.vi Understande ye spiritually, yt whiche I haue spoken vnto you. 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse Pref. sig. Aivv All they agree in this poynt,..but yet as touchinge the situation, some vnderstand it spiritually. 1650 J. Bauthumley Light & Dark Sides God 80 So that it is not the reading or perusing of the Scripture in the letter of it... But when the Scripture is spiritually made out, and interpreted in them, then they are taught. ?1743 P. Annet Resurrection Jesus Considered (ed. 2) 11 The Time then mentioned for the literal Accomplishment, being elapsed, it is now high Time to understand it spiritually. 1865 E. de Bunsen Hidden Wisdom Christ I. vii. 357 The Jews..would not understand that the commandments of the law were always intended to be spiritually or ideologically explained. 1990 T. O'Neill in A. Parfrey Apocalypse Culture 299 The ‘all men created equal’ clause of the [American] Constitution was not to be taken literally, but spiritually—a ‘monadal’ understanding of human consciousness. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > religion > a religion or church > [adverb] spiritually?c1510 ecclesiastically1588 church-wisea1626 denominationally1845 cultically1877 ?c1510 tr. Newe Landes & People founde by Kynge of Portyngale sig. Bivv The Grekes haue spyrytually the Patriarcke of Constantynnoplen, & many Archebysshops, bysshops, and abbottes. 1630 E. Cary tr. J. D. Du Perron Reply to Answeare of King ii. xv. 240 Why should the temporall conuocation of generall Councells made by the Emperor be an impediment why the authoritie to call them spiritually; that is to saie, in behalfe of spirituall and ecclesiasticall power, might not belong to the Pope? 1683 J. Bulteel tr. F. E. de Mézeray Gen. Chronol. Hist. France i. 328 They [sc. contributions] might be levied without permission from the Pope in times of the Kingdoms necessity; and..even upon urgent necessities, they might be constrained by the Authority Apostolick, Spiritually and Temporally. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adverb] > spiritually ghostlyOE spiritually1816 1816 Ld. Byron Siege of Corinth xi. 16 Bespangled with those isles of light, So wildly, spiritually bright. 1861 D. G. Rossetti tr. Dante Vita Nuova in Early Ital. Poets ii. 293 She..Grew perfectly and spiritually fair. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > [adverb] spiritually1866 1866 Athenæum 12 May 634/1 French wine being spiritually weaker than either port or sherry. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1340 |
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