spiritual

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.

2. 2adjective

   Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

3. 3adjective

   Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.

4. 4adjective

   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.

5. 5adjective

   Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.

6. 6noun

   A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.

7. 7noun

   a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

8. 8adjective

   lacking material body or form or substance-Lewis Mumford

   "spiritual beings"

   "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"

9. 9adjective

   resembling or characteristic of a phantom

   "a ghostly face at the window"

   "a phantasmal presence in the room"

   Synonyms

   apparitionalghostlikeghostlyphantasmalspectral
10. 10adjective

    concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church

    "religious texts"

    "a member of a religious order"

    Synonyms

    religious
11. 11adjective

    concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

    "a spiritual approach to life"

    "spiritual fulfillment"

    Synonyms

    unearthly