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adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
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closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook, etc.: the professor's spiritual heir in linguistics.
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a spiritual or religious song: authentic folk spirituals.
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spirituals, affairs of the church.
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a spiritual thing or matter.
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Spiritual
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Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English < Medieval Latin spīrituālis, equivalent to Latin spīritu- (stem of spīritus spirit) + -ālis -al1
1275–1325; Middle English < Medieval Latin spīrituālis, equivalent to Latin spīritu- (stem of spīritus spirit) + -ālis -al1
Related forms
spir·it·u·al·ly, adverb
spir·it·u·al·ness, noun
an·ti·spir·it·u·al, adjective
an·ti·spir·it·u·al·ly, adverb
non·spir·it·u·al, adjective, noun
EXPANDnon·spir·it·u·al·ly, adverb
non·spir·it·u·al·ness, noun
pseu·do·spir·i·tu·al, adjective
pseu·do·spir·i·tu·al·ly, adverb
qua·si-spir·it·u·al, adjective
qua·si-spir·it·u·al·ly, adverb
su·per·spir·it·u·al, adjective
su·per·spir·it·u·al·ly, adverb
un·spir·i·tu·al, adjective
un·spir·i·tu·al·ly, adverb
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| spiritual (ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 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 |
| —n | |
| 5. | See Negro spiritual |
| 6. | (often plural) the sphere of religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters, or such matters in themselves |
| 7. | the spiritual the realm of spirits |
| 'spiritually | |
| —adv | |
| 'spiritualness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
spiritual
"of or concerning the spirit" (especially in religious aspects), c.1300, from O.Fr. spirituel (12c.), from L. spiritualis, from spiritus "of breathing, of the spirit" (see spirit). Meaning "of or concerning the church" is attested from mid-14c. The noun sense of "African-American
EXPANDreligious song" first recorded 1866. Spirituality (early 15c.) is from M.Fr. spiritualite, from L.L. spiritualitatem (nom. spiritualitas), from L. spiritualis). An earlier form was spiritualty (late 14c.).
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