Spiritual

['spɪrɪtʃʊəl;-tjʊəl] or ['spɪrɪtʃʊəl]

Definition

(noun.) a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States.

(adj.) lacking material body or form or substance; 'spiritual beings'; 'the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm'-Lewis Mumford .

(adj.) concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; 'a spiritual approach to life'; 'spiritual fulfillment'; 'spiritual values'; 'unearthly love' .

Inputed by Celia--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

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

(a.) 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.

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

(n.) A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.

Typed by Barack

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Immaterial, incorporeal, ethereal, ghostly.[2]. Mental, intellectual, ideal, abstract.[3]. Holy, divine, pure.[4]. Ecclesiastical, not lay, not secular.[5]. Internal, not literal.

Editor: Stephen

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Divine, religions, holy, ghostly, ethical, immaterial, incorporeal,intellectual

ANT:Carnal, fleshly, unspiritual, gross, material, sensuous

Typed by Cecil

Examples

Inputed by Lewis

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