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spiritual
[ spir-i-choo-uhl ]
adjective
- of, relating to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
- of or relating to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature:
a spiritual approach to life.
- closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook, etc.:
the professor's spiritual heir in linguistics.
- of or relating to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic.
- characterized by or suggesting predominance of the spirit; ethereal or delicately refined:
She is more of a spiritual type than her rowdy brother.
- of or relating to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature.
- of or relating to sacred things or matters; religious; devotional; sacred.
- of or belonging to the church; ecclesiastical:
lords spiritual and temporal.
- of or relating to the mind or intellect.
noun
- 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.
- spirituals, affairs of the church.
- a spiritual thing or matter.
spiritual
/ ˈɪɪʊə /
adjective
- relating to the spirit or soul and not to physical nature or matter; intangible
- of, relating to, or characteristic of sacred things, the Church, religion, etc
- standing in a relationship based on communication between the souls or minds of the persons involved
a spiritual father
- having a mind or emotions of a high and delicately refined quality
noun
- See Negro spiritual
- often plural the sphere of religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters, or such matters in themselves
- the spiritualthe realm of spirits
Derived Forms
- ˈ辱ٳܲ, adverb
- ˈ辱ٳܲԱ, noun
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of spiritual1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.”
Keery envisioned each song as the story of a separate guest at a hotel where everyone is at a spiritual or emotional crossroads.
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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