spiritual (redirected from American Negro spirituals)

spir·i·tu·al  (spr-ch-l)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not tangible or material. See Synonyms at immaterial.

2. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul.

3. Of, from, or relating to God; deific.

4. Of or belonging to a church or religion; sacred.

5. Relating to or having the nature of spirits or a spirit; supernatural.

n.

1.

a. A religious folk song of African-American origin.

b. A work composed in imitation of such a song.

2. Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters. Often used in the plural.

---

[Middle English, from Old French spirituel, from Latin spritulis, of breathing, spiritual, from spritus, breath; see spirit.]

---

spiri·tu·al·ly adv.

spiri·tu·al·ness n.

---

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl]

adj

1. relating to the spirit or soul and not to physical nature or matter; intangible

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of sacred things, the Church, religion, etc.

3. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) standing in a relationship based on communication between the souls or minds of the persons involved a spiritual father

4. having a mind or emotions of a high and delicately refined quality

n

1. (Music, other) See Negro spiritual

2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) (often plural) the sphere of religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters, or such matters in themselves

3. (Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the. the realm of spirits

spiritually  adv

spiritualness  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spiritual - a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States Negro spiritual religious song - religious music for singing
Adj.	1.	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" religious sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
	2.	spiritual - concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love" unearthly unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
	3.	spiritual - lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford incorporeal, immaterial - without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
	4.	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" apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

---

spiritual

adjective

1. nonmaterial, metaphysical, other-worldly, ethereal, intangible, immaterial, incorporeal She lived entirely by spiritual values.
nonmaterial material, physical, corporeal, substantial, concrete, tangible, palpable, nonspiritual

2. sacred, religious, holy, divine, ethereal, devotional, otherworldly A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance.

Translations

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl]

A. ADJ → espiritual

B. N (Mus) → canción f religiosa

---

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl]

adj

(not material, not physical) [growth, development, experience, values, needs] → spirituel(le)

(= religious) → religieux/euse
the spiritual leader of Tibet → le chef spirituel du Tibet

n (also Negro spiritual) → negro spiritual m

---

spiritual

adj → geistig; person → spirituell; expression → vergeistigt; (Eccl) → geistlich; spiritual life → Seelenleben nt; my spiritual home → meine geistige Heimat; Lords spiritual → geistliche Lords (im Oberhaus); the spiritual world → die spirituelle Welt

n (Mus) → Spiritual nt

---

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl]

1. adj → spirituale

2. n (Mus) → spiritual m inv

---

spiritual → رَوحي duševní spirituel spirituell πνευματικός espiritual hengellinen spirituel duhovan spirituale 精神的な 정신적인 spiritueel spirituell duchowy espiritual духовный spirituell เกี่ยวกับศาสนา manevi thuộc tinh thần 精神上的