Definitions for spiritual
ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əlspir·i·tu·al

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 3 votes

1. spiritual, Negro spiritualadjective

   a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

2. religious, spiritualadjective

   concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

   "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"

3. spiritual, unearthlyadjective

   concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

   "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"

4. spiritualadjective

   lacking material body or form or substance

   "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford

5. apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral, spiritualadjective

   resembling or characteristic of a phantom

   "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 2 votes

1. spiritualnoun

   A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.

2. spiritualnoun

   Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

   He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. uE000124811uE001 Lowell.

3. spiritualadjective

   Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul

4. spiritualadjective

   Of or pertaining to the God or a Church; sacred

5. spiritualadjective

   Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spiritualadjective

   Etymology: spirituel, Fr. from spirit.

   1. Distinct from matter; immaterial; incorporeal.

   Echo is a great argument of the spiritual essence of sounds; for if it were corporeal, the repercussion should be created by like instruments with the original sound. Francis Bacon.

   Both visibles and audibles in their working emit no corporeal substance into their mediums, but only carry certain spiritual species. Francis Bacon.

   All creatures, as well spiritual as corporeal, declare their absolute dependence upon the first author of all beings, the only self-existent God. Richard Bentley.

   2. Mental; intellectual.

   The same disaster has invaded his spirituals; the passions rebel; and there are so many governours, that there can be no government. South.

   3. Not gross; refined from external things; relative only to the mind.

   Some who pretend to be of a more spiritual and refined religion, spend their time in contemplation, and talk much of communion with God. Edmund Calamy, Sermons.

   4. Not temporal; relating to the things of heaven; ecclesiastical.

   Place man in some publick society, civil or spiritual. Richard Hooker.

   Thou art reverend,
   Touching thy spiritual function, not thy life. William Shakespeare.

   I have made an offer to his majesty,
   Upon our spiritual convocation,
   As touching France, to give a greater sum
   Than ever at one time the clergy did. William Shakespeare.

   Spiritual armour, able to resist
   Satan’s assaults. John Milton.

   The clergy’s business lies among the laity; nor is there a more effectual way to forward the salvation of mens souls, than for spiritual persons to make themselves as agreeable as they can in the conversations of the world. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spiritual

   Spiritual refers to anything related to the spirit or soul, as opposed to physical or material matters. It often involves beliefs, practices, or experiences concerning a higher power, the divine, or the transcendental. It can encompass aspects like faith, enlightenment, or morality, and addresses deep, metaphysical questions about one's purpose, the nature of the universe, and the meaning of life. Spiritual can also describe a process of inward introspection or contemplation, aimed at achieving inner peace or understanding one's personal identity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.8 / 6 votes

1. Spiritualadjective

   consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being

2. Spiritualadjective

   of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual

3. Spiritualadjective

   of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits

4. Spiritualadjective

   of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal

5. Spiritualadjective

   not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

6. Spiritualnoun

   a spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2

7. Etymology: [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See Spirit.]

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Spiritual

   Spirituals are religious songs that were created by enslaved African people in the United States.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spiritual

   Of or relating to the consciousness, spirit or human soul.

   The spiritual nature of humans is to love and support for each other

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 23, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spiritual' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3990

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spiritual' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4766

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'spiritual' in Adjectives Frequency: #530

How to pronounce spiritual?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say spiritual in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spiritual in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spiritual in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of spiritual in a Sentence

1. Bible, Colossians 3:16:

   Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, as you teach and admonish one another in all wisdom, and as you sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

2. Rolling Stone:

   There was no bigger album of 2014 -- in terms of surprise, generosity and controversy, bono, the Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. put their lives on the line: giving away 11 songs of guitar rapture and frank, emotional tales of how they became a band out of the rough streets and spiritual ferment of Seventies Dublin.

3. Wilhelm von Humboldt:

   The sensual and spiritual are linked together by a mysterious bond, sensed by our emotions, though hidden from our eyes. To this double nature of the visible and invisible world -- to the profound longing for the latter, coupled with the feeling of the sweet necessity for the former, we owe all sound and logical systems of philosophy, truly based on the immutable principles of our nature, just as from the same source arise the most senseless enthusiasms.

4. Kahlil Gibran:

   It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations.

5. Ronald Reagan:

   Billy Graham is an American who lives first and always for his fellow citizens. In honoring him, we give thanks for God's greatest spiritual gifts—faith, hope, and love.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spiritual
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spiritual
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=spiritual
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spiritual
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=spiritual