Spiritual - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈspɪrɪtʃʊəl|  American pronunciation of the word spiritual
Brit.  |ˈspɪrɪtʃʊəl|  British pronunciation of the word spiritual

noun

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

adjective

- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church (syn: religious)
lords temporal and spiritual
spiritual leaders
spiritual songs
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul (syn: unearthly)
a spiritual approach to life
spiritual fulfillment
spiritual values
- lacking material body or form or substance
spiritual beings
the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm
- resembling or characteristic of a phantom (syn: ghostly, phantasmal, spectral)
spiritual tappings at a seance

Extra examples

Doctors must consider the emotional and spiritual needs of their patients.

I regularly consult our pastor about spiritual matters.

The Romantic composers saw Beethoven as a spiritual ancestor.

France will always be the spiritual home of wine lovers.

The congregation sang hymns and spirituals.

...sang a spiritual at the funeral...

Painting helps fill a spiritual need for beauty.

Islam was inspired by the teachings of the spiritual leader Mohammed.

...a missionary who tends to the carnal needs of the people as well as to their spiritual concerns...

...abecedarians soon learn that martial arts have a spiritual as well as physical side...

...a time of year when people shouldn't focus on fleshly concerns, but instead on spiritual matters...

They traveled to the temple in search of spiritual illumination.

She draws spiritual sustenance from daily church attendance.

The spiritual healer fell into a trance.

He wrote books about the spiritual debilitation of the wealthy youth.

Word forms

noun
singular: spiritual
plural: spirituals
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