a. | 1. | Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; | ||||||
2. | Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual. | |||||||
3. | Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits. | |||||||
4. | Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; - opposed to | |||||||
5. | Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical;
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n. | 1. | A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2. |
Noun | 1. | spiritual - a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States Synonyms: Negro spiritual |
Adj. | 1. | spiritual - concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a nenber if a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs" Synonyms: religious |
2. | spiritual - concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love" Synonyms: unearthly | |
3. | spiritual - lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford | |
4. | spiritual - like or being a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance" |