spiritual

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

   • Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
2. 2

   Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship

   Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.

   • Brethren, if a man bee ouertaken in a fault: yee which are spirituall, restore such a one in the spirit of meeknesse, considering thy selfe least thou also be tempted.
3. 3

   Of or pertaining to spirits

   Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.

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   1. 4

      Consisting of spirit

      Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

      • a spiritual substance or being
      • It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
   2. 5

      Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind

      Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

   3. 6

      Not lay or temporal

      Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.

      • the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation
   4. 7

      A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar…

      A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.

   5. 8

      Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

      • He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.
   6. 9

      A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced…

      A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.

      • But in the years that followed, the cause of the Spirituals became championed by far more substantial figures within the church.

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• synonymfolk song
• neighborspiritous
• neighborspirituous