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 spiritualadjective
a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
religious, spiritualadjective
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, unearthlyadjective
concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
"a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
spiritualadjective
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, spiritualadjective
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
spiritualnoun
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
spiritualnoun
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. uE000124811uE001 Lowell.
spiritualadjective
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul
spiritualadjective
Of or pertaining to the God or a Church; sacred
spiritualadjective
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural
Webster Dictionary
Spiritualadjective
consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Spiritualadjective
of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Spiritualadjective
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.]
Spiritualadjective
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.]
Spiritualadjective
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.]
Spiritualnoun
a spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2
Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]
Freebase
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
British National Corpus
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
The deeply spiritual man can no longer bear all the noise of the public. Thus, avoiding general politics and the immense masses in his service.
Human consciousness is identified with thought and emotion. It is of the body and mind. Phenomenon of the physical world. Spiritual consciousness is beyond the body and mind, beyond thought and emotion, outside of physical reality. Spiritual consciousness is understanding and knowledge we awaken to while present. We do not think spiritual consciousness. We do not sense spiritual consciousness. We experience it. We understand and know it because we are it. When we remove the distractions. When we look past the conditioning and the mind, then we awaken to what we are. Immortal spiritual beings temporarily in the human condition. We awaken to spiritual consciousness.
God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.
Exciting weapons, such as beauty and sex are useless, and meaningless for those people who enjoy the clean, glorious, and loving character in the concept of purity and spiritual form.
By learning to ‘detox’ emotionally, realign priorities and create a spiritual health plan.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for spiritual
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- روحاني, روحيArabic
- espiritualCatalan, Valencian
- duchovní, spirituálCzech
- åndeligDanish
- geistigGerman
- πνευματικόςGreek
- spiritaEsperanto
- espiritualSpanish
- vaimneEstonian
- spirituaali, henkinen, hengellinen, sielullinenFinnish
- spirituel, spirituelleFrench
- spioradáltaIrish
- espiritualGalician
- spyrrydoilManx
- רוחניHebrew
- आध्यात्मिकHindi
- spirituálé, spirituálisHungarian
- հոգեւորArmenian
- rohaniIndonesian
- spirituale, spiritualItalian
- רוחניHebrew
- 精神的Japanese
- 영적인Korean
- spiritualisLatin
- ara-panahyMalagasy
- whakawairuaMāori
- spiritueel, geestelijkDutch
- spirituell, åndeligNorwegian
- espiritalOccitan
- duchowyPolish
- espiritualPortuguese
- spiritual, sufletescRomanian
- духовныйRussian
- andligSwedish
- ఆధ్యాత్మికTelugu
- จิตวิญญาณThai
- روحانیUrdu
- thuộc linhVietnamese
- רוחניותYiddish
- 精神Chinese
Get even more translations for spiritual »
Translation
Find a translation for the spiritual definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"spiritual." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 28 May 2022. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/spiritual>.
Discuss these spiritual definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In