Religiosity vs Spirituality - What's the difference?
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The quality of being religious or pious, especially when zealous.
The quality or state of being spiritual.
Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
Appreciation for religious values.
(obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
(obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
As nouns the difference between religiosity and spirituality
is that religiosity is the quality of being religious or pious, especially when zealous while spirituality is the quality or state of being spiritual.religiosity
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(religiosities)Synonyms
* devoutness * pietism * religiousism * religiousness * sanctimoniousnessDerived terms
* religiosespirituality
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(wikipedia spirituality)Noun
(spiritualities)- A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality . — South.
- If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality . — Sir Walter Raleigh.
- Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come. — Bickersteth.
- During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof. — Blackstone.
- Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality . — Fuller.