spiritual

See also Spiritual

English

Alternative forms

• spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

spiritual (comparative more spiritual, superlative most spiritual)

1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul
   • 2007, Wikipedia:Thailand:

     Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.

2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred
3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural

Derived terms

• antispiritual
• antispiritualism
• antispirituality
• spiritual desertion
• spiritualism
• spiritualist
• spirituality
• spiritually

Translations

of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul

• Arabic: روحاني (ar) (rūḥāniyy), روحي (ar) (rūḥiyy)
• Asturian: espiritual (ast)
• Catalan: espiritual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精神 (cmn) (jīngshén)

• Czech: duchovní (cs)
• Danish: åndelig
• Dutch: geestelijk (nl), spiritueel (nl)
• Esperanto: spirita (eo)
• Estonian: vaimne
• Finnish: hengellinen, henkinen, sielullinen
• French: spirituel (fr) m, spirituelle (fr) f
• Galician: espiritual (gl)
• German: geistig (de)
• Greek: πνευματικός
• Hindi: आध्यात्मिक (hi) (ādhyātmik)
• Hungarian: spirituális (hu)

• Irish: spioradálta (ga)
• Italian: spirituale (it)
• Japanese: 精神的 (ja) (せいしんてき, seishinteki)
• Korean: 영적인 (ko) (yeongjeog-in)
• Malagasy: ara-panahy (mg)
• Manx: spyrrydoil (gv)
• Norwegian: åndelig, spirituell
• Occitan: espirital (oc)
• Old Irish: spirutálta
• Polish: duchowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: espiritual (pt) m and f
• Romanian: sufletesc (ro), spiritual (ro)
• Russian: духовный (ru) (duxóvnyj) 
• Spanish: espiritual (es) m and f
• Swedish: andlig (sv)
• Telugu: ఆధ్యాత్మిక (te) (aadhyaatmika)

Noun

Wikipedia spiritual (plural spirituals)

1. A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
2. Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

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

Translations

folk song

• Czech: spirituál (cs) m
• Finnish: spirituaali (fi)

• Hungarian: spirituálé (hu)
• Italian: spiritual (it) m

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Romanian

Etymology

From French spirituel

Pronunciation

• IPA: /spirituˈal/

Adjective

spiritual ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. spiritual

Declension

declension of spiritual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	spiritual		spirituală	spirituali	spirituale
	definite	spiritualul		spirituala	spiritualii	spiritualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	spiritual		spirituale	spirituali	spirituale
	definite	spiritualului		spiritualei	spiritualilor	spiritualelor

Synonyms

• sufletesc