spiritual

See also: Spiritual and spirituál

English

Alternative forms

• (all obsolete) spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall

Etymology

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/
• IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹɪtʃuəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪ̈t͡ʃul̩/

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Adjective

spiritual (comparative more spiritual, superlative most spiritual)

1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

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

   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Thomas Browne and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     God's law is spiritual; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.

2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
   • 2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions‎^[1], volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, pages 219-257:

     Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.

4. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

   a spiritual substance or being

   • Bible, 1. Corinthians xv. 44

     It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

5. Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
6. (Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.
   • Bible, Gal. vi. 1

     If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one.

7. Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.

   the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

Derived terms

Derived terms

• antispiritual
• antispiritualism
• antispirituality
• aspiritual
• aspirituality

• spiritual desertion
• spiritualism
• spiritualist
• spirituality
• spiritually

Translations

of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul

• Arabic: رُوحَانِيّ (rūḥāniyy), رُوحِيّ (rūḥiyy)
• Asturian: espiritual
• Bengali: আধ্যাত্মিক (addhattik)
• Catalan: espiritual (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 精神 (zh) (jīngshén)

• Czech: duchovní (cs)
• Danish: åndelig
• Dutch: geestelijk (nl), spiritueel (nl)
• Esperanto: spirita, anima
• Estonian: vaimne
• Finnish: hengellinen (fi) (religious); henkinen (fi) (other)
• French: spirituel (fr) m, spirituelle (fr) f
• Galician: espiritual (gl)
• German: geistig (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ahmeins)
• Greek: πνευματικός (el) (pnevmatikós)

  Ancient Greek: πνευματικός (pneumatikós)

• Hebrew: רוחני (rukhaní)
• Hindi: आध्यात्मिक (hi) (ādhyātmik)
• Hungarian: spirituális (hu)
• Irish: spioradálta
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• Italian: spirituale (it)
• Japanese: 精神的 (ja) (せいしんてき, seishinteki)
• Korean: 영적인 (yeongjeogin)
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Malagasy: ara-panahy
• Manx: spyrrydoil
• Maori: whakawairua
• Norwegian: åndelig, spirituell (no)
• Occitan: espirital
• Old English: gāstlīċ
• Old Irish: spirutálta
• Polish: duchowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: espiritual (pt) m or f
• Romanian: sufletesc (ro), spiritual (ro)
• Russian: духо́вный (ru) (duxóvnyj)
• Spanish: espiritual (es) m or f
• Swedish: andlig (sv)
• Tagalog: makadiwa
• Telugu: ఆధ్యాత్మిక (te) (ādhyātmika) (aadhyaatmika)
• Turkish: spiritüel (tr), tinsel (tr), ruhsal (tr), manevi (tr), ruhani (tr)
• Welsh: ysbrydol (cy)
• Yiddish: רוחיש (rukhish), גײַסטיק (gaystik)

of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred

• Finnish: hengellinen (fi), pyhä (fi)
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• Turkish: manevi (tr), ruhani (tr)

of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural

• Finnish: henkimaailman (fi), yliluonnollinen (fi)
• Romanian: spiritual (ro)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: manevi (tr)

consisting of spirit; not material

• Finnish: henki- (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Turkish: manevi (tr), tinsel (tr)

of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind

• Finnish: henkinen (fi), älyllinen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Christianity: controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit

• Finnish: Pyhän Hengen johdattama
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things

• Finnish: hengellinen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: whakawairua

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• folk song

Translations

folk song

• Czech: spirituál m
• Finnish: spirituaali (fi)
• Hungarian: spirituálé (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: spiritual m
• Spanish: espiritual (es) m

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spirituel, Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spirituˈal/

Adjective

spiritual m or n (feminine singular spirituală, masculine plural spirituali, feminine and neuter plural spirituale)

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	spiritualelor	spiritualilor

Synonyms

• sufletesc