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spiritualty

/spir-i-choo-uhl-tee/US // ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl ti //UK // (ˈspɪrɪtjʊəltɪ) //

灵性,精神方面,灵修,精神

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural spir·it·u·al·ties.

    • : Often spiritualties. ecclesiastical property or revenue.
    • : the body of ecclesiastics; the clergy.

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Examples

  • The spiritualty were already exasperated by the clipping of their claws in the last session.

  • He had studied the question for seven years, and was satisfied that no temporal lord could be head of the spiritualty.

  • The king is ruled by a common —— Anne Boleyn, who has made all the spiritualty to be beggared, and the temporalty also.

  • All Mary's acts in favour of an independent legislation and jurisdiction of the spiritualty were repealed.

  • In the autumn of 1522 Wolsey was compelled to have recourse to a loan from both spiritualty and temporalty.