spir·i·tu·al (sp r -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 sp  ritu lis, of breathing, spiritual, from spritus, breath; see spirit.]spir i·tu·al·ly adv.spir i·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
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. | spiritual - a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States 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" 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"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" 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
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 [ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl]
adj
(not material, not physical) [growth, development, experience, values, needs] → spirituel(le)
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]
spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl]
1. adj → spirituale
2. n (Mus) → spiritual m inv
spiritual [ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl]
1. adj → spirituale
2. n (Mus) → spiritual m inv
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