spiritual (redirected from 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.

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

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spiri·tu·al·ly adv.

spiri·tu·al·ness n.

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spiritual

Adjective

1. relating to a person's beliefs as opposed to his or her physical or material needs

2. relating to religious beliefs

3. one's spiritual home the place where one feels one belongs

Noun

Also called: (Negro spiritual) a type of religious folk song originally sung by Black slaves in the American South

spirituality n
spiritually adv

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"

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spiritual

adjective 1. nonmaterial, immaterial, incorporeal << OPPOSITE material

adjective 2. sacred, religious, holy, divine, ethereal, devotional, otherworldly

Translations

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjuəl] adj → espiritual

n (also: Negro spiritual) → canción f religiosa; espiritual m

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjuəl] adj → spirituel(le) (= religious); religieux/euse

n (also: Negro spiritual) → spiritual m

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjuəl] spirit adj → geistig, seelisch;

(religious) → geistlich

n (also: Negro spiritual) → Spiritual nt

spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjuəl] adj → spirituale

n (also: Negro spiritual) → spiritual m inv