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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spir·i·tu·al·i·ty /ˌspɪrɪʧəˈwæləti/
 精神上的事物

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spir·it·u·al·i·ty n.; pl. Spiritualities
 1. The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
    A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality.   --South.
    If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality.   --Sir W. Raleigh.
    Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come.   --Bickersteth.
 2. Eccl. That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
    During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof.   --Blackstone.
 3. An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality. [Obs.]
    Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality.   --Fuller.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spirituality
      n 1: property or income owned by a church [syn: spiritualty, church
           property]
      2: concern with things of the spirit [syn: spiritualism, otherworldliness]