different between religiosity vs spirituality

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English

Etymology

religio(u)s +? -ity, from Latin religiositas.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l?d?????s?ti/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???l?d?????s?ti/

Noun

religiosity (countable and uncountable, plural religiosities)

1. The quality of being religious or pious, especially when zealous.

Synonyms

• devoutness
• piety
• religiousness
• sanctimoniousness

Related terms

• irreligiosity
• religiose

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French spiritualité, from Late Latin spiritualitas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?.??.t?u?æ.l?.t?/

Noun

spirituality (countable and uncountable, plural spiritualities)

1. The quality or state of being spiritual.
   • , "The Ways of Wisdom are Ways of Pleasantness"

     a pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality

   • If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest unto spirituality.

   • 1841, Edward Bickersteth, A Treatise of Prayer

     Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.

2. Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
3. Appreciation for religious values.
4. (obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.

   • During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof.

5. (obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.

   • Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality.

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