spiritualize

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spir·i·tu·al·ize | \ ˈspir-i-chə-wə-ˌlīz

, -i-chə-ˌlīz, -ich-wə-ˌlīz \

spiritualized; spiritualizing

Definition of spiritualize

transitive verb

1 : to make spiritual especially : to purify from the corrupting influences of the world

2 : to give a spiritual meaning to or understand in a spiritual sense

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Recent Examples on the Web None of this is intended to take away from the ambivalent and sometimes plainly harmful effects of attempts to spiritualize the pandemic. — Benjamin Kirby, Quartz Africa, 1 May 2020 Thought and speech — thought’s public projection — are both combined and spiritualized. — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 22 June 2019 The biblical Song of Solomon is a key scripture for the Zohar, and its lush gardens of desire are spiritualized into realms of sacred love, but without losing anything of their erotic passion. — Arthur Green, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2017

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