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spiritual definition

spir·it·ual (spiri c̸ho̵̅o̅ əl)

adjective

  1. of the spirit or the soul as distinguished from the body or material matters
  2. of, from, or concerned with the intellect; intellectual
  3. of or consisting of spirit; not corporeal
  4. characterized by the ascendancy of the spirit; showing much refinement of thought and feeling
  5. of religion or the church; sacred, devotional, or ecclesiastical; not lay or temporal
  6. spiritualistic or supernatural

Etymology: ME spirituel < OFr < LL(Ec) spiritualis < L, of breathing or air

noun

  1. ☆ any of a type of American folk hymn; specif., any of such songs originating among S U.S. blacks in the 18th and 19th cent. combining African and European musical elements
  2. religious or church matters

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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