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The definition of spiritual is something related to or concerned with religion, the spirit or the soul.

(adjective)

When you are more concerned with God or with the state of your soul than with material things, this is an example of a situation where you would be described as a spiritual person.

See spiritual in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

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

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

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
religious or church matters

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spiritually adverb
spiritualness noun

See spiritual in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not tangible or material. See Synonyms at immaterial.
Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul.
Of, from, or relating to God; deific.
Of or belonging to a church or religion; sacred.
Relating to or having the nature of spirits or a spirit; supernatural.

noun

a. A religious folk song of African-American origin.
b. A work composed in imitation of such a song.
Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters. Often used in the plural.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French spirituel

Origin: , from Latin spīrituālis, of breathing, spiritual

Origin: , from spīritus, breath; see Spirit

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