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spiritual

spi·ri·tual

UK/ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/ US/ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/ common

adjective

1.

concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

  • “religious texts”
  • “a nenber if a religious order”
  • “lords temporal and spiritual”
  • “spiritual leaders”
  • “spiritual songs”
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2.

concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

  • “a spiritual approach to life”
  • “spiritual fulfillment”
  • “spiritual values”
  • “unearthly love”
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3.

lacking material body or form or substance

  • “spiritual beings”
  • “the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm” Lewis Mumford
4.

like or being a phantom

  • “a ghostly face at the window”
  • “a phantasmal presence in the room”
  • “spectral emanations”
  • “spiritual tappings at a seance”

noun

1.

a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

Origin

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus.

Phrases

  • arranged spiritual
  • concert spiritual
  • negro spiritual
  • spiritual awakening
  • spiritual bypass
  • spiritual bypassing
  • spiritual desertion
  • spiritual healing
  • spiritual incest
  • spiritual jazz
  • spiritual leader

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