What is the meaning of 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.
    • usage: "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"
  • Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul.
    • usage: "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
  • Lacking material body or form or substance. "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm-Lewis Mumford
  • Resembling or characteristic of a phantom.
    • usage: "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
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APAWordNet. (2010). spiritual. Retrieved September 22, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/spiritual/definitions/1184152
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