spiritual

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spiritual

concerned with sacred or religious things; refined; sensitive: She is a spiritual woman.

Not to be confused with:

spirituous – distilled, as whiskey; containing much alcohol: a spirituous concoction

spir·i·tu·al

(spĭr′ĭ-cho͞o-əl)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural: spiritual power.

2. Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul: spiritual guidance; spiritual growth.

3. Not concerned with material or worldly things: led a spiritual life.

4. Of or belonging to a religion; sacred: spiritual practices; spiritual music.

a. A religious folk song of African-American origin.

b. A work composed in imitation of such a song.

2. often spirituals Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters.

[Middle English, from Old French spirituel, from Latin spīrituālis, of breathing, spiritual, from spīritus, breath; see spirit.]

spir′i·tu·al·ly adv.

spir′i·tu·al·ness n.

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spiritual

(ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl)

adj

1. relating to the spirit or soul and not to physical nature or matter; intangible

2. (Ecclesiastical Terms) of, relating to, or characteristic of sacred things, the Church, religion, etc

3. (Ecclesiastical Terms) 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

5. (Music, other) See Negro spiritual

6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) (often plural) the sphere of religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters, or such matters in themselves

7. (Alternative Belief Systems) the spiritual the realm of spirits

ˈspiritually adv

ˈspiritualness n

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spir•it•u•al

(ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl)

adj.

1. pertaining to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature.

2. of or pertaining to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature.

3. of or pertaining to sacred things or matters; religious.

4. pertaining to or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.

5. closely akin in interests, outlook, feeling, etc.: the composer's spiritual heir.

6. pertaining to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic.

7. of the church; ecclesiastical: lords spiritual and temporal.

8. pertaining to the mind or intellect.

9. an emotionally expressive religious song of a type originating among blacks in the southern U.S.

10. a spiritual thing or matter.

[1275–1325; Middle English < Medieval Latin spīrituālis= Latin spīritu-, s. of spīritus spirit + -ālis -al¹]

spir′it•u•al•ly, adv.

spiritual

A religious folk song, generally associated with American blacks. Spirituals became an aspect of culture in the deep South, and many used biblical themes in their texts to express symbolically the plight of the slaves, their longing for freedom, and their faith in God and a meaningful afterlife.

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Noun	1.	spiritual - a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States Negro spiritual religious song - religious music for singing
Adj.	1.	spiritual - concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs" religious sacred - concerned with religion or religious purposes; "sacred texts"; "sacred rites"; "sacred music"
	2.	spiritual - concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love" unearthly unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney
	3.	spiritual - lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford incorporeal, immaterial - without material form or substance; "an incorporeal spirit"
	4.	spiritual - resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral supernatural - not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material; "supernatural forces and occurrences and beings"

spiritual

adjective

1. nonmaterial, metaphysical, other-worldly, ethereal, intangible, immaterial, incorporeal She lived entirely by spiritual values.
nonmaterial material, physical, corporeal, substantial, concrete, tangible, palpable, nonspiritual

2. sacred, religious, holy, divine, ethereal, devotional, otherworldly A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance.

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spiritual

adjective

1. Having no body, form, or substance:

bodiless, discarnate, disembodied, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, metaphysical, nonphysical, unbodied, uncorporal, unsubstantial.

2. Of or concerned with the spirit rather than the body or material things:

numinous, otherworldly, unworldly.

3. Of or relating to a church or to an established religion:

church, churchly, ecclesiastical, religious.

Translations

روحِي ، روحانيرَوحِيّ

duchovníduševníspirituál

spirituelåndelig

hengellinen

duhovan

lelki

andlegur; trúarlegur

spirituale spirituali

精神的な

정신적인

spiritueel

ånds-sjele-spirituell

duchowy

espiritual

духовный

duhoven

spirituell

เกี่ยวกับจิตใจ

manevimanevîruhsal

thuộc tinh thần

精神上的宗教的心灵的

spiritual

[ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl]

A. ADJ → espiritual

B. N (Mus) → canción f religiosa

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spiritual

[ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl]

adj

(not material, not physical) [growth, development, experience, values, needs] → spirituel(le)

(= religious) → religieux/euse
the spiritual leader of Tibet → le chef spirituel du Tibet

n (also Negro spiritual) → negro spiritual m

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spiritual

adj → geistig; person → spirituell; expression → vergeistigt; (Eccl) → geistlich; spiritual life → Seelenleben nt; my spiritual home → meine geistige Heimat; Lords spiritual → geistliche Lords (im Oberhaus); the spiritual world → die spirituelle Welt

n (Mus) → Spiritual nt

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spiritual

[ˈspɪrɪtjʊəl]

1. adj → spirituale

2. n (Mus) → spiritual m inv

spirit

(ˈspirit) noun

1. a principle or emotion which makes someone act. The spirit of kindness seems to be lacking in the world nowadays.

2. a person's mind, will, personality etc thought of as distinct from the body, or as remaining alive eg as a ghost when the body dies. Our great leader may be dead, but his spirit still lives on; (also adjective) the spirit world; Evil spirits have taken possession of him.

3. liveliness; courage. He acted with spirit.

ˈspirited adjective

full of courage or liveliness. a spirited attack/description.

ˈspiritedly adverb

ˈspirits noun plural

1. a person's mood. He's in good/high/low spirits (= He's happy / very cheerful / depressed); This news may raise his spirits.

2. strong alcoholic drink, eg whisky, gin, vodka etc.

ˈspiritual (-tʃul) adjective

of one's spirit or soul, or of one's religious beliefs.

ˈspiritually adverb

spirit level

a tool consisting of a bar containing a glass tube of liquid, for testing whether a surface is level.

spiritual

→ رَوحِيّ duševní spirituel spirituell πνευματικός espiritual hengellinen spirituel duhovan spirituale 精神的な 정신적인 spiritueel spirituell duchowy espiritual духовный spirituell เกี่ยวกับจิตใจ manevi thuộc tinh thần 精神上的

spiritual

adj espiritual

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Spiritual revelations were conceded to England at that favoured period, as at this.

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"From San Francisco," replied the Woman, with embarrassment, as great beads of perspiration spangled her spiritual brow.

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Metaphors and precedents were not wanting; peculiar spiritual experiences were not wanting which at last made the retention of his position seem a service demanded of him: the vista of a fortune had already opened itself, and Bulstrode's shrinking remained private.