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spiritual

[ spir-i-choo-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
  2. of or relating to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature:

    a spiritual approach to life.

  3. closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook, etc.:

    the professor's spiritual heir in linguistics.

  4. of or relating to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic.
  5. characterized by or suggesting predominance of the spirit; ethereal or delicately refined:

    She is more of a spiritual type than her rowdy brother.

  6. of or relating to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature.
  7. of or relating to sacred things or matters; religious; devotional; sacred.
  8. of or belonging to the church; ecclesiastical:

    lords spiritual and temporal.

  9. of or relating to the mind or intellect.


noun

  1. a spiritual or religious song, especially one composed by and for Black Americans during the period of legalized slavery in the United States:

    Spirituals like “Go Down, Moses” were sometimes used as signals on the Underground Railroad.

  2. spirituals, affairs of the church.
  3. a spiritual thing or matter.

spiritual

/ ˈɪɪʊə /

adjective

  1. relating to the spirit or soul and not to physical nature or matter; intangible
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of sacred things, the Church, religion, etc
  3. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. often plural the sphere of religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters, or such matters in themselves
  2. the spiritual
    the realm of spirits
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ辱ٳܲ, adverb
  • ˈ辱ٳܲԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 辱···· adverb
  • 辱····Ա noun
  • ·پ·辱··· adjective
  • an·ti·辱···· adverb
  • ԴDz·辱··· adjective noun
  • non·辱···· adverb
  • non·辱····Ա noun
  • ··辱··ٳ· adjective
  • ··辱··ٳ··ly adverb
  • ܲ·-辱··· adjective
  • qua·si-辱···· adverb
  • ··辱··· adjective
  • su·per·辱···· adverb
  • ܲ·辱··ٳ· adjective
  • ܲ·辱··ٳ··ly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of spiritual1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English, from Medieval Latin īٳ, from Latin īٳ() spirit + - -al 1
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And some of the supporting performances are simplistic, with Sparks’ Steve unbelievably hapless as a spiritual guide and Skarsgård’s Ron a cartoonish imagining of blind religious devotion.

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Jones’ books — chronicling his gang life in Compton, his spiritual journey as a condemned man and recipes doable with a prison-sanctioned electric pot — make up the bulk of the collection.

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The Washington Post described it as “a zigzaggging ride through Kilmer’s distinctive life and career, penned by a spiritual storyteller with no qualms about indulging in his eccentricities.”

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Keery envisioned each song as the story of a separate guest at a hotel where everyone is at a spiritual or emotional crossroads.

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He is said to have subjected his victims to traumatic physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual attacks, including giving eight boys a total of 14,000 lashings with a garden cane in his shed.

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