spiritual

spiritual
spir•it•u•al
[[t]ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl[/t]] adj.
1) pertaining to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature
2) rel of or pertaining to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature
3) rel of or pertaining to sacred things or matters; religious
4) pertaining to or consisting of spirit; incorporeal
5) closely akin in interests, outlook, feeling, etc.:
the composer's spiritual heir[/ex]
6) pertaining to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic
7) rel of the church; ecclesiastical:
lords spiritual and temporal[/ex]
8) pertaining to the mind or intellect
9) mad an emotionally expressive religious song of a type originating among blacks in the southern U.S
10) a spiritual thing or matter
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Etymology: 1275–1325; ME < ML spīrituālis= L spīritu-, s. of spīritus spirit+-ālis -al I spir′it•u•al•ly, adv.

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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