spiritual
IPA: spˈɪrɪtʃʌwʌɫ
noun
- A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
- Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
- (Christianity, historical) A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
- Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
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Examples of "spiritual" in Sentences
- Forgiving is part of the spiritual path.
- The spiritual mind is the cause of action.
- The spiritual desideratum was not otherworldly.
- This is a stone of spirituality and contentment.
- His music is a mix of the heartfelt and spiritual.
- Anonymity is the spiritual foundation of the program.
- But what was the spiritual life of the enslaved Africans
- These are mirrored in the spiritual life of the sacraments.
- He quenched the thirst of souls with the water of his spiritual Support.
- Guide the people in this spiritual journey to lead a spiritual and chaste life.
- When people hear the term "spiritual sex," a whole gamut of inaccurate notions and associations may leap to mind.
- _spiritual_ idea, we have the surest proof of a spiritual object; nor is this the less certain, though we perceive not the assimilant.
- Of such Peter says: “ye also, as lively stones, are built up _a spiritual house_, a holy priesthood, to offer up _spiritual sacrifices_ acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
- But, given that it does not seem to be true that terrible terminal illnesses more commonly fall upon those in bad spiritual health than upon those of good character, let alone that they fall only upon the former, this ˜spiritual chemotherapy™ view seems quite hopeless.
- When, over the years, I've causally discussed "religion" with devoutly religious people, they've seemed to seamlessly accept my use of the word "spiritual" -- though, whether they've instantly replaced their own terms when I say "spirit" they think "Jesus" I don't know for sure.