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Word Origin and History for SPIRITUAL
adj.
"of or concerning the spirit" (especially in religiousaspects), c.1300, from Old French spirituel (12c.),from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus "of breathing, of thespirit" (see spirit (n.)). Meaning "of or concerning thechurch" is attested from mid-14c. The noun sense of"African-American religious song" first recorded 1866.
Word Origin and History for TELEPATHY
communication between minds by some meansother than sensory perception.
1882, coined (along with telæsthesia) by Englishpsychologist Frederic Myers (1843-1901), from tele- +-Pathy. Telepathic is first recorded 1884. The nountelepath is a 1907 back-formation.
