spiritual

adjective

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; 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.

   I suppose that’s not surprising, given the spiritual milieu in which I grew up. My mother gasped in sorrow at any news of a bombing in Israel and appropriately “oy veyed” when a Jew was accused of a crime, but she couldn’t tell you what the Shabbat blessing meant.

3. 3

   Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.

   Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

4. 4

   Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

   a spiritual substance or being

   It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

5. 5

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

6. 6

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

   the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

noun

1. 1

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

2. 2

   Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

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

Forms

plural

spirituals

comparative

more spiritual

superlative

most spiritual