Dictionary

spiritual

see also: Spiritual

Pronunciation

Adjective

spiritual

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
- God's law is spiritual; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
a spiritual substance or being
- , 1. Corinthians xv. 44
  It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
(Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.
- , Gal. vi. 1
  If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one.
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

Translations

Noun

spiritual (plural spirituals)

A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.

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Spiritual

Noun

spiritual (plural spirituals)

(Christianity, historical) A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.
- 2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge 2008, p. 56:
  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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