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spiritual
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spiritual
adj.
of the spirit world, incorporeal; of or pertaining to the spirit or soul; of or pertaining to the supernatural; religious, of or pertaining to sacred things; ecclesiastical, of or pertaining to the church
n.
folk song with a religious theme (especially one that originated among black people in the southern United States)
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Spiritual
Spiritual may refer to:
- Spiritual (music), an African American song, usually with a Christian religious text
- Lords Spiritual, clergy of the established Church of England who serve in the House of Lords
- Spiritual possession, a concept of many religions, where it is believed that a demon may take temporary control of a human body
- Spirituality, a concern with matters of the spirit
- Spiritual but not religious, a religious categorization
- Supernatural, refers to forces and phenomena which are beyond ordinary scientific understanding
- A branch of the 13th-century Franciscans espousing poverty as obligatory.
- "Spiritual", a song by Katy Perry form Prism
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spiritual
Noun
1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
(synonym) Negro spiritual
(hypernym) religious song
Adjective
1. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church; "religious texts"; "a nenber if a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"
(synonym) religious
(similar) sacred
2. concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
(synonym) unearthly
(similar) unworldly
3. lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford
(similar) incorporeal, immaterial
4. like or being a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
(synonym) apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral
(similar) supernatural
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spiritual
nm.
spiritual, folk song with a religious theme (especially one that originated among black people in the southern United States)
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spiritual
nm.
spiritual, folk song with a religious theme
