What does spiritual mean?
Definitions for spiritual
ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əlspir·i·tu·al
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word spiritual.
Princeton's WordNet
spiritual, Negro spiritual(adj)
a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
religious, spiritual(adj)
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"
spiritual, unearthly(adj)
concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
"a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
spiritual(adj)
lacking material body or form or substance
"spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford
apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritual(adj)
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"
Wiktionary
spiritual(Noun)
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
spiritual(Noun)
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. uE000124811uE001 Lowell.
spiritual(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul
spiritual(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to the God or a Church; sacred
spiritual(Adjective)
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural
Webster Dictionary
Spiritual(adj)
consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Spiritual(adj)
of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Spiritual(adj)
of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Spiritual(adj)
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
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Spiritual(adj)
not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Spiritual(noun)
a spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
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Spiritual
Spirituals are religious songs that were created by enslaved African people in the United States.
Editors Contribution
spiritual
Of or relating to the consciousness, spirit or human soul.
The spiritual nature of humans is to love and support for each other
Submitted by MaryC on January 23, 2020
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spiritual' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3990
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spiritual' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4766
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'spiritual' in Adjectives Frequency: #530
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of spiritual in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of spiritual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of spiritual in a Sentence
We live in a vastly complex society which has been able to provide us with a multitude of material things, and this is good, but people are beginning to suspect we have paid a high spiritual price for our plenty.
Irish basically has a really beautiful musicality, they start at the top and go all the way down to the bottom. The other thing they do that adds to the beauty of it is they're soft on the consonants, like Ds and Ts. If( the Irish language) were a person, it'd be very sensitive and spiritual.
Get rid of imagined guilt. You did the best you could at the time, all things considered. If you made mistakes, learn to accept that we are all imperfect. Only hindsight is 20-20. If you are convinced that you have real guilt, consider professional or spiritual counseling (with a competent and trustworthy counselor). If you believe in God a pastor can help you believe also in God's forgiveness.
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
Overall, my books represent a kind of shared communion and meditation with my fellow human beings… The books are also a part of what I call the great continuum of spiritual literary dialogue that I feel has been in progress since human beings first gave in to the urge to pray to their sense of something greater than themselves and interpreted certain signs or events or silences as responses to those prayers.
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Translations for spiritual
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- روحاني, روحيArabic
- espiritualCatalan, Valencian
- duchovní, spirituálCzech
- åndeligDanish
- geistigGerman
- πνευματικόςGreek
- spiritaEsperanto
- espiritualSpanish
- vaimneEstonian
- spirituaali, henkinen, hengellinen, sielullinenFinnish
- spirituelle, spirituelFrench
- spioradáltaIrish
- espiritualGalician
- spyrrydoilManx
- רוחניHebrew
- आध्यात्मिकHindi
- spirituálé, spirituálisHungarian
- հոգեւորArmenian
- rohaniIndonesian
- spiritual, spiritualeItalian
- רוחניHebrew
- 精神的Japanese
- 영적인Korean
- spiritualisLatin
- ara-panahyMalagasy
- whakawairuaMāori
- geestelijk, spiritueelDutch
- åndelig, spirituellNorwegian
- espiritalOccitan
- duchowyPolish
- espiritualPortuguese
- spiritual, sufletescRomanian
- духовныйRussian
- andligSwedish
- ఆధ్యాత్మికTelugu
- จิตวิญญาณThai
- روحانیUrdu
- thuộc linhVietnamese
- רוחניותYiddish
- 精神Chinese
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