Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To deprive of spirituality.
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- verb transitive To
deprive ofspirituality .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed.
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I still recall his reply to me in Edinburgh, when I cautioned him against permitting his scientific studies to unspiritualize his activities.
Recollections of a Long Life Cuyler, Theodore L 1902
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Wealth and worldliness unspiritualize thousands of professed Christians.
Recollections of a Long Life Cuyler, Theodore L 1902
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Of course, money will do after its kind, and will steadily work to unspiritualize and unchurch the people to whom it was bequeathed.
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Now there are several enjoyments in themselves very lawful, and yet such as, upon a free, unwary use of them, will by degrees certainly indispose and unspiritualize the mind, dulling its appetite, and taking off its edge and relish to the things of God.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. IV. 1634-1716 1823
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