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Spiritual   /spˈɪrɪtʃəwəl/  /spˈɪrɪtʃwəl/   Listen
adjective
Spiritual  adj.  
1.
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. "It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body."
2.
Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
3.
Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits. "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."
4.
Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; opposed to carnal. "That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift." "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings." "If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one."
5.
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
Spiritual coadjuctor. (Eccl.) See the Note under Jesuit.
Spiritual court (Eccl. Law), an ecclesiastical court, or a court having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs; a court held by a bishop or other ecclesiastic.



noun
Spiritual  n.  A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2. "He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals."






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"Spiritual" Quotes from Famous Books



... the famous and celebrated patrimony of St. Peter in plenty of all temporal, corporeal, and spiritual blessings? ...
— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais

... child," replied the Prior, "hath the sword of Saint Peter, as well as the keys. He hath power as a secular prince, and he hath the protection of the mighty House of Burgundy, he hath also spiritual authority as a prelate, and he supports both with a reasonable force—of good soldiers and men at arms. This William de la Marck was bred in his household, and bound to him by many benefits. But he gave vent, even in the court of ...
— Quentin Durward • Sir Walter Scott

... walking the other day in a kitchen garden, which I find has somehow got attached to my premises, and I was wondering why I liked it. After a prolonged spiritual self-analysis I came to the conclusion that I like a kitchen garden because it contains things to eat. I do not mean that a kitchen garden is ugly; a kitchen garden is often very beautiful. The mixture of green and purple on some monstrous ...
— Alarms and Discursions • G. K. Chesterton

... the spiritual momentum necessary to tell you that I'm a thief! Truly. Anyhow, three choice gentlemen are so sure of it that they went to the trouble of perjuring themselves and having ...
— The Winds of Chance • Rex Beach

... it takes ten Arabs to fight one negro; no wonder their spiritual life is apathetic, unfruitful, since the digits that explore and design, following up the vagrant fancies of the imagination, are practically atrophied. You will see beggars who find it too troublesome, on cold days, to extricate their hands for the purpose of demanding ...
— Fountains In The Sand - Rambles Among The Oases Of Tunisia • Norman Douglas


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