ppl. a. [Cf. SPIRITUALIZE v.]
† 1. Containing an infusion of spirits. Obs.–1
1593. Nashe, Christ’s T., 70 b. Why ensparkle they theyr eyes with spiritualiz’d distillations? Why tippe they theyr tongues with Aurum potabile?
2. Rendered spiritual; characterized by spirituality.
1651. N. Bacon, Disc. Govt. Eng., II. vi. 50. The persons of these Spiritualized men were of so aiery constitution, as they could not be holden by hands made out of the Clay.
1720. Welton, Suffer. Son of God, II. xiv. 373. He alone is the True Spiritualiz’d Soul, who only aims at God’s Glory.
1826. Scott, Woodst., i. Dry bran and sapless pottage, unfitted for the spiritualized palates of the saints.
1860. Smith’s Dict. Bible, I. s.v. Ark, The climax of spiritualised religion.
3. Changed from a bodily or material condition to a spiritual one; converted into spirit.
1799. Gilpin, Serm., xxii. 269. Whatever may be the immediate state of our souls, our bodies, in some spiritualized form which we understand not, shall be again united to them.
1857. Keble, Eucharist. Ador., 52. The … contemplation of a certain presence of His now spiritualized Body among them.
1873. L. Ferguson, Disc., 71. His body … was immediately after death brought to life again in a spiritualised and incorruptible form.
