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1. (adj.) spiritual
pertaining to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature.
2. spiritual
of or pertaining to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature.
3. spiritual
of or pertaining to sacred things or matters; religious.
4. spiritual
pertaining to or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
5. spiritual
closely akin in interests, outlook, feeling, etc.:
the composer's spiritual heir.
6. spiritual
pertaining to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic.
7. spiritual
of the church; ecclesiastical:
lords spiritual and temporal.
8. spiritual
pertaining to the mind or intellect.
9. (n.) spiritual
an emotionally expressive religious song of a type originating among blacks in the southern U.S.
10. spiritual
a spiritual thing or matter.
Etymology: (1275–1325; ME < ML spīrituālis= L spīritu-, s. of spīritusspirit+-ālis -al1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) spiritual, Negro spiritual
a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
2. (adj) religious, spiritual
concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
"religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"
3. (adj) spiritual, unearthly
concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
"a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
4. (adj) spiritual
lacking material body or form or substance
"spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford
5. (adj) apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual
resembling or characteristic of a phantom
"a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
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1. (adjective) spiritual
relating to a person's spirit or soul
spiritual and religious matters
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) spiritual
consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being
2. (adj) spiritual
of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual
3. (adj) spiritual
of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits
4. (adj) spiritual
of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal
5. (adj) spiritual
not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation
6. (noun) spiritual
a spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2
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Sense: of one's spirit or soul, or of one's religious beliefs.
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 Afrikaans: geestelik |
 Arabic: روحِي ، روحاني |
 Bulgarian: духовен |
 Brazilian: espiritual |
 Czech: duchovní |
 German: geistig |
 Danish: spirituel;åndelig |
 Greek: πνευματικός |
 Spanish: espiritual |
 Estonian: hingeline, vaimulik |
 Finnish: hengellinen |
 French: spirituel |
 Hebrew: רוּחָנִי |
 Hindi: अध्यात्मिक |
 Croatian: duševni, duhovni |
 Hungarian: lelki |
 Indonesian: rohani |
 Icelandic: andlegur; trúarlegur |
 Italian: spirituale |
 Japanese: 精神的な |
 Korean: 영적인 |
 Lithuanian: dvasinis |
 Latvian: garīgs; reliģisks |
 Malay: rohaniah; batiniah |
 Dutch: geestelijk |
 Norwegian: åndelig, ånds-, sjele- |
 Polish: duchowy |
 Persian: روحاني، مذهبي |
 Pashto: روحاني، مذهبي |
 Portuguese: espiritual |
 Romanian: spiritual |
 Russian: духовный; церковный |
 Slovak: duchovný |
 Slovenian: duhoven |
 Serbian: duhovni |
 Swedish: andlig, själslig, religiö |
 Thai: ซึ่งเกี่ยวกับจิตใจ; ซึ่งเ |
 Turkish: ruhsal, manevî |
 Taiwanese: 精神上的，心靈的，宗教的 |
 Ukrainian: духовний; релігійний |
 Urdu: روحانی |
 Vietnamese: thuộc tâm, linh hồn con n |
 Chinese: 精神上的，心灵的，宗教的 |
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