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Spiritual

//ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

    "Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.

    "Brethren, if a man bee ouertaken in a fault: yee which are spirituall, restore such a one in the spirit of meeknesse, considering thy selfe least thou also be tempted."

  3. 3
    Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.

    "Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film."

  4. 4
    Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

    "a spiritual substance or being"

  5. 5
    Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
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  1. 6
    Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.

    "the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking material body or form or substance wordnet
  2. 2
    resembling or characteristic of a phantom wordnet
  3. 3
    concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church wordnet
  4. 4
    concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
  2. 2
    A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property. historical

    "But in the years that followed, the cause of the Spirituals became championed by far more substantial figures within the church."

  3. 3
    a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States wordnet
  4. 4
    Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

    "He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual.

Etymology 2

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual.

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