spiritless 
S 
sp 
Why are you still so s:ul ? you take our edge off ; 
You make us dull anil apir/tlm 
Fletcher, Doable Marriage, ii. 1. 
spiritlessly (spir'it-les-li), ndr. In 11 spiritless 
manner; without spirit ; without exertion. Dr. 
11. More, Epistles to the Seven Churches, ix. 
pirit-level (spir'it-lev'el), it. See /ere/ 1 , 1. 
pirit-level quadrant. See quadrant. 
iritlyt (spir'it-li), . [< spirit + -fy 1 . Of. 
/iriti-li/. sprightly.] Spirited ; spiritful. 
Pride, you know, must be foremost ; and that comes out 
like a Spaniard, with daring look, and a tongue thundering 
outbraves, mounted on as^inV/(/jennet named Insolence. 
Rev. T. Adams, Works, II. 420. (Dairies.) 
spirit-merchant (spir'it-mer*chant), . Amer- 
ehant who deals in spirituous liquors. 
spirit-meter (spir'it-me'ter), n. An instrument 
or apparatus for measuring the quantity of 
spirit which passes through a pipe or from a 
still. Various forms are in use as a rotating drum of 
known capacity, a piston moving in a cylinder of known 
capacity and recording its pulsations, vessels of known 
capacity which are alternately filled and emptied, or a 
form of rotary pump recording its revolutions. E. H. 
Knight. 
SpiritOSO(spir-i-t6's6), rtrfc. [It.; = E. spiritous.'] 
In music, with spirit, energy, or animation. 
Also spirituoso. 
spiritous (spir'i-tus), n. [= It. spiritoso, < ML. 
*sniritosus, < L. spirit us, spirit: see spirit."] 1. 
Of the nature of spirit; intangible; refined; 
pure; subtile. 
More refined, more spiritous, and pure. 
Milton, P. L., v. 475. 
2f. Burning; ardent; fiery; active. 3. Same 
as spirituous. [Rare.] 
spiritousness (spir'i-tus-nes), n. The state of 
being spiritous; a refined state; fineness and 
activity of parts : as. the thinness and spiritous- 
ness of liquor. 
spirit-rapper (spir'it-rap*er), . One who be- 
lieves or professes to believe that he can sum- 
mon the spirits of deceased persons and hold 
intercourse with them by raps made by them 
upon a table in answer to questions, or by their 
causing the table to tilt up. 
spirit-rapping (spir'it-rap"ing), n. A general 
name given to certain supposed spiritualistic 
manifestations, as audible raps or knocks on 
tables, table-turning, and kindred demonstra- 
tions. See spiritualism, 3. 
spiritrompe (spir'i-tromp), . [F. (Latreille), 
\ L. spira, a coil, spire, + F. trompe, a trump : 
see trump 1 .'] The long spiral tongue or antlia 
of lepidopterous insects; the spirignath. 
spirit-room (spir'it-rom), H. A room or com- 
partment in a ship in which spirits are kept 
for the use of the officers and crew. 
spirit-Stirring (spir'it-ster'ing), a. Stirring, 
rousing, or animating the spirit. 
Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, 
The spirit- stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife. 
Shak., Othello, iii. 3. 352. 
spiritual (spir'i-tu-al), a. and . [< ME. spiri- 
tuall, spyrytiialle, spiritueil, espiritiiell, < OF.spi- 
rituel, spiritueil, F. spiritual = Pr. espirital = Sp. 
Pg. espiritual = It. spirituals, < lAj.spiritualis, of 
or pertaining to breath, breathing, wind, or air, 
or spirit, < L. spiritus (spiritu-), spirit, breath, 
air: see spirit.] I. n. 1. Of, pertaining to, or 
being spirit in the sense of something between 
soul and body, or of a disembodied soul or a 
supernatural immaterial being. 
So faire it was that, trusteth well, 
It semed a place espirituell. 
Rom. of the Rose, 1. 650. 
When to ende nyhed he, 
That the soule moste yelde being spiritual!. 
.Rom. o.f J'artenay (E. E. T. S.), 1. 5291. 
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth, 
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. 
Milton, P. L., iv. 677. 
2. Pertaining to the soul, or to the higher en- 
dowments of the mind, especially when consid- 
ered as a divine influence. 3. Pertaining to 
the soul or its affections as influenced by the 
Divine Spirit; proceeding from or controlled 
and inspired by the Holy Spirit ; pure ; holy ; 
sacred; divine. 
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly 
places in Christ. Eph. i. 3. 
God's law is spiritual ; it is a transcript of the divine 
nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul 
of mau. Sir T. Browne. (Imp. Diet.) 
4. Relating to sacred things ; not lay or tem- 
poral ; pertaining or belonging to the church ; 
ecclesiastical.-Lords spiritual. See iord.-Spiri- 
5842 
being (which see, under beiny). Spiritual body. See 
natural body, under natural. Spiritual communion. 
See sacramental communion, under sacramental. Spiri- 
tual corporations, spiritual courts, ecclesiastical cor- 
porations; ecclesiastical courts. See ecclesiastical. Spir- 
itual exercises, immutationt, incest, matter, peer. 
etc. See exercise, etc. Spiritual mant. (a) An inspired 
person ; also, a holy man ; an ecclesiastic. 
Other elles I trowe that it be som spiritueil man that 
liod liath me sente for to defende this reamc, nought for 
me but for Cristynte and holy cherche to mayntene. 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 226. 
Which Battel, because of the many spiritual Men that 
were in it, was called the White Battel. 
Baker, Chronicles, p. 108. 
(b) The spiritual nature: opposed to physical man. 
Spiritual sense Of the Word. Same as internal sense 
of the Word (which see, under internal). = Syn. 1. Spirit- 
ed, etc. (see spirituous), immaterial. 
II. M. 1. A spiritual thing. 
Ascend unto invisibles ; fill thy spirit with spirituals, 
with the mysteries of faith. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor., iii. } 14. 
He [Dante] assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, 
and to the emperor in temporals. 
Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 30. 
2. A spiritual person, (a) One who is of a spiritual 
nature or character, (b) One charged with a spiritual of- 
fice or calling. 
We bee the spiritualle ; we searche the bottome of 
Goddes commaundement. Sir T. More, Works, p. 899. 
spiritualisation, spiritualise, etc. See npiri- 
tualization, etc. 
spiritualism (spir'i-tu-al-izm), M. [= F. spiri- 
tualisme = Sp. Pg. 'espiritualisino = It. spiri- 
tualismo; as spiritual + -ism."] 1. The state 
of being spiritual; spiritual character. Mil- 
man. 2. In philos., the doctrine of the exis- 
tence of spirit as distinct from matter, or as the 
only reality: opposed to materialism. 3. The 
belief that disembodied spirits can and do com- 
municate with the living, especially through the 
agency of a person particularly susceptible to 
spiritualistic influences, called a medium; also, 
the various doctrines and theories, collectively, 
founded upon this belief. In its modern form, spiritu- 
alism originated in the State of New York in the year 1848. 
and since that time has extended over the I'nited States and 
Europe. The mediums through whom the supposed com- 
munications take place are of various kinds, no fewer than 
twenty-four different classes being mentioned in the books 
explanatory of spiritualism. Among the chief methods of 
communication are rappings, table-tippings, writing, and 
speaking : in the latter forms of communication the me- 
dium ia supposed to be fully possessed by the spirit for 
the time being. Spiritualism has no formal system of 
theology, and it is contended by many of its advocates that 
it is not necessarily inconsistent with the maintenance 
of a faith otherwise Christian, and that spirit-communica- 
tions are providential interventions for the purpose of in- 
culcating the doctrine of immortality, and counteracting 
the material tendencies of the age. The meetings for 
spiritualistic communications are commonly call edseances. 
Also spiritism. 
spiritualist (spir'i-Ju-al-ist), . [= P. spiritii- 
aliste = Sp. Pg. espiritualista = It. spiritualista ; 
as spiritual + -ist."] 1. One who professes a 
regard for spiritual things only ; also, one whose 
employment is spiritual. 
May not he that lives in a small thatched house . . . 
preach as loud, and to as much purpose, as one of those 
high and mighty spiritualist*? 
Echard, Grounds of Contempt of Clergy (1696X p. 140. 
{(Latham.) 
2. One who accepts philosophical spiritualism. 
See spiritualism, 2. 
We may, as spiritualists, try to explain our memory's 
failures and blunders by secondary causes. 
W. James, Prin. of Psycho!., I. 2. 
3. One who believes that intercourse may be 
and is held with departed spirits, especially 
through the agency of a medium; one who 
claims to hold such intercourse. Also called 
spiritist. 
spiritualistic (spiri-tu-a-lis'tik), a. [< spir- 
itualist + -ic.] 1. Of or' pertaining to philo- 
sophic spiritualism ; idealistic. 
The deep-lying doctrine of Spiritual Beings, which em- 
bodies the very essence of Spiritualistic as opposed to 
Materialistic philosophy. 
E. B. Tylor, Prim. Culture, I. 384. 
2. Of or pertaining to modern spiritualism, or 
communication with departed spirits ; produced 
by or believed to be due to the agency of de- 
parted spirits: as, spiritualistic manifestations; 
a spiritualistic stance. 
spirituality (spir'i-tu-al'i-ti), .; pi. spirituali- 
ties (-tiz). [< ME. spiritualite, spiritualte, < OF. 
spiritualite, spiritualte, espiritualte, esperituaute. 
etc., F. spiritualite = Sp. espiritualidad = Pg. 
espiritualidade = It. spiritualita, < LL. spiritu- 
alita(t-)s, < spiritualis, spiritual : see spiritual.'] 
1 . Spiritual nature or character ; immaterial- 
ity; incorporeality. 
A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality, 
and equal to all its capacities. South. 
spirituous 
2. Spiritual tendency or aspirations; freedom 
from worldliness and from attachment to the 
tilings of time and sense ; spiritual tono ; dr- 
siiv for spiritual good. 
We are commanded to fast, that we may pray with more 
spirituality, and with repentanrr. 
Jer. Taylor, Sermons, Return of Prayers, i. 
No infidel can argue away the spirituality of the Chris- 
tian religion ; attacks upon miracles leave that unaffected. 
De Quincey, Essenes, i. 
His discourses were so valued, and his spin innliln ,> 
revered, that his ministrations were coveted in all that 
region. Sew Princeton Rev., II. 140. 
3t. The clergy as a whole ; the ecclesiastics ; 
the church. 
Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the 
spirituality. Fuller. 
4. That which belongs to the church or to an 
ecclesiastic in his official capacity: generally 
in the plural, and distinguished from tempural- 
il/i'fi: as, sitiritualitiett of a bishop (those prof- 
its and dues which a bishop receives in his ec- 
clesiastical character) Guardian of the spiritu- 
alities. See guardian. Spirituality of benefices, the 
tithes of land, etc. 
spiritualization (spir*i-tu-al-i-za'shon). H. [< 
*l>iritualize + -at ion.] 1. The act of spiritual- 
izing, or the state of being spiritualized. 2. 
In old client., the operation of extracting spirit 
from natural bodies. 
Also spelled spiri/iot/ixulion. 
spiritualize (spir'i-tu-al-iz), 0. t.; pret. and pp. 
spiritualised, ppr. tpiritvaUtinf. [< P. spiri- 
tuii/i.ier = Sp. Pg. esjtiritutt/i;/tr = It. sniritun- 
li~:(ire; as spiritual + -ize."] 1. To make spir- 
itual, or more spiritual; elevate above what is 
worldly or bodily. 
Unless we endeavour to spiritualise ourselves, . . . the 
older we grow the more we are embruted and debased. 
Southey, The Doctor, clxxxiv. 
2. To infuse spirituality or life into; inform 
with spirit or life; animate. 
This seen in the clear air, and the whole spiritualized 
by endless recollections, fills the eye and the heart more 
forcibly than I can express. Carlyle. (Imp. Diet.) 
3. To draw a spiritual meaning from, or im- 
part a spiritual meaning to: as, to 8pirituali;e 
a text of Scripture. 4. In chem.: (a) To ex- 
tract spirit from. (6) To convert into spirit, or 
impart the properties of spirit to. 
Also spelled spiritualise. 
spiritualizer (spir'i-tu-al-i-zer), n. [< spiritu- 
alize + -er 1 .] One who spiritualizes, in any 
sense. Also spelled spiritualiser. 
The most licentious of the allegorists, or the wildest of 
the spiritualizers. Warburton, Divine Legation, Ix. 2. 
spiritually (spir'i-tu-al-i), adr. [< ME. spyri- 
tually; < spiritual + -ly' 2 .] 1. In a spiritual 
manner; without corporeal grossness, sensual- 
ity, or worldliness; with purity of spirit or 
heart. 2. As a spirit; ethereally. 
The sky ... 
Bespangled with those isles of light, 
So wildly, spiritually bright. 
Byron, Siege of Corinth, xi. 
3. In a spiritual sense. 
spiritual-minded (spir'i-tu-al-min' l 'ded), a. 
Having the mind set on spiritual things ; hav- 
ing holy affections; spiritual. 
spiritual-mindedness (spir'i - tu - al -min'ded- 
nes), n. The state of being spiritual-minded ; 
spirituality of mind. 
spiritualness (spir'i-tu-al-nes), n. The state 
or character of beingVpiritual; spirituality. 
spiritualty! (spir'i-tu-al-ti), n. [< ME. spiri- 
tualte, < OF. speritiialte, etc.: see spirituality.] 
The ecclesiastical body; the whole clergy of 
any national church. 
It [the church] is abused and mistaken for a multitude 
of shaven, shorn, and oiled, which we now call the spiri- 
tualty and clergy. 
Tyndale, Ana. to Sir T. More, etc. (Parker Soc., 1850), p. 12. 
spirituelle (spir'i-tu-el'), a. [F., fern, of spiri- 
tuel: see spiritual.'] Characterized by or ex- 
hibiting a refined intellectuality, grace, or deli- 
cacy: noting primarily but not exclusively a 
woman or the ways of women. 
I have the air of youth without freshness, but noble, 
sweet, lively, spirituelle, and interesting. 
The Century, XL. 654. 
spirituosity (spir"i-to-os'i-ti), n. [< spirituous 
+ -ity.~\ 1. Spirituous character or quality: 
as, the spirituosity of beer. 2. Immateriality; 
ethereality. Cudworth, Intellectual System, 
p. 421. 
spirituoso (spir"i-tu-6'so). mlr. Same as spiri- 
toso. 
Spirituous (spir'i-tu-us), n. [= Dan. spirituos; 
< OF. (and F.) spifitueux = Pg. expirituoso, spir- 
