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Spiritually, Sperituallie, adv. Also: spiritual(l)ie, -ualy(e, -uali, spretualy, spyrtually. [ME and e.m.E spirituellyche (Ayenbite), spiritually (14th c.), spirituallie (c1440), spretually (Tindale); Spiritual(e adj.] In a spiritual way; in the spirit; according to spiritual or religious principles. Freq. with reference to man's soul as requiring nourishment of a figurative sort, suffering distress, etc. Also, in contradistinction to temporaly, carnaly and bodely.(1) c1420 Wynt. v 5675.
Offt he tuk the falland ille And quhen … he wes as dede lyand, Than wald thai say he wes spekand Wyth ane angell spyrtually [C. spiritually] c1460 Thewis Wysmen 66.
Spretualy The saul be fed with teching … For rychtwys man levis one the fay c1460 Consail Vys Man 90.
Thai disples God & vynnis thaim fed, And bringis men spretualy to ded 1490 Irland Mir. I 46/17.
The sacrament … has mare wertu and mare substaunce to nuris the saule spirituali na we may speik ore think 1490 Irland Mir. II 62/18.
The werkis of grace be the quhilkis we life spiritualy c1490 Irland Asl. MS 75/16.
I haue nocht … counsalit thaim that was in discomfort spiritualie 1533 Gau 80/3.
This halie Chrissine kirk … is spiritualie dailie fed with our lord Jesus Christis word and his halie sacrament a1538 Abell 7b.
Sperituallie a1538 Abell 119a.
Thai ar instrukkit be our bredir in life and gude maneris & ar nwrist spirituallie in our placis Arundel MS 285/197.
Mary and Johnne … ȝe ar the twa in the quhilk God the fathir spiritualy biggit to him a hous be his sone(2) 1456 Hay I 295/25.
Thai ar verray sonis of haly kirk all gude kingis; for as the moder bringis furth the barne carnaly, sa dois the haly kirk the princis spiritualy, for thai ar crisummyt, and with haly unctioune annoyntit and regenerit be new generacioune maid be the haly moder kirk 1456 Hay I 20/26.
Rycht as evill bitter wateris gerris mony folk dee temporaly, sa dois the bitter heresy … the saule dee spiritualy c1490 Irland Asl. MS 47/27.
Thow suld nocht pray for thaim that ar in hevin … na ȝit … in hell … bot for all other thou suld praye … and thow suld luf thaim and helpe thaim mare spiritualye na bodely