Spiritual Definition

spĭrĭ-cho͝o-əl
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adjective
Of the spirit or the soul as distinguished from the body or material matters.
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Of or consisting of spirit; not corporeal.
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Of, from, or concerned with the intellect; intellectual.
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Characterized by the ascendancy of the spirit; showing much refinement of thought and feeling.
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Of religion or the church; sacred, devotional, or ecclesiastical; not lay or temporal.
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noun
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.
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A religious folk song of African-American origin.
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A work composed in imitation of such a song.
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Religious or church matters.
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(Christianity, historical) A member of a branch of the Franciscan order who advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.

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Other Word Forms of Spiritual

Noun

Singular:
spiritual
Plural:
spirituals

Origin of Spiritual

  • Middle English from Old French spirituel from Latin spīrituālis of breathing, spiritual from spīritus breath spirit

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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