spiritual
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spiritual¹
- /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/ UK
- /ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/ UK
- /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/ US
- /ˈspɪɹɪ̈t͡ʃul̩/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual.
adjective more spiritual · most spiritual · spirituall · spirytual · spirytuall · spyritual
- Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul. Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
- 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.
- 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
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal. a spiritual substance or being
- Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical. the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation
noun spirituals · spirituall · spirytual · spirytuall · spyritual · spyrituall
- A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
- Any spiritual function, office, or affair. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.
Similar: folk song
Spiritual²
noun Spirituals
- A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property. But in the years that followed, the cause of the Spirituals became championed by far more substantial figures within the church.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: apparitional, supernatural, unworldly, ghostly, spectral, ghostlike, phantasmal, religious, sacred, incorporeal, immaterial, unearthly, spirit, spirituality, psyche, soul
noun
Similar: folk song
Translations
Every language
adj of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul
| Español | espiritual |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 정신적 jeongsinjeok, 정신의 jeongsinui |
| 日本語 | 精神的 seishinteki |
| 中文 | 精神 jīngshén |
| हिन्दी | आध्यात्मिक ādhyātmik |
| Português | espiritual |
| Français | spirituel |
| Deutsch | geistig |
| Italiano | spirituale |
| Ελληνικά | πνευματικός pnevmatikós |
| Română | sufletesc, spiritual |
| Русский | духо́вный duxóvnyj |
| العربية | رُوحَانِيّ rūḥāniyy, رُوحِيّ rūḥiyy |
| עברית | רוּחָנִי rukhaní |
adj of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural
| Română | spiritual |
|---|
noun folk song
| Español | espiritual |
|---|---|
| Italiano | spiritual |
Talk about this word "spiritual." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/spiritual. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. spiritual. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/spiritual "spiritual." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/spiritual.Cite this
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title = {spiritual},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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