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Definition of " Spiritual " in English Dictionary
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Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.		 a.
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Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.		 a.
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Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.		 a.
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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.		 a.
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Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.		 a.
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A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.		 n.
English » English
Spiritual Hear the Pronunciation!
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.		 a.
Spiritual Hear the Pronunciation!
Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.		 a.
Spiritual Hear the Pronunciation!
Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.		 a.
Spiritual Hear the Pronunciation!
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.		 a.
Spiritual Hear the Pronunciation!
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.		 a.
Spiritual Hear the Pronunciation!
A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.		 n.
Indirect results
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Spiritual-minded Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. a.
Spiritualism Hear the Pronunciation!
The quality or state of being spiritual.		 n.
Spiritualism Hear the Pronunciation!
The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.		 n.
Spiritualism Hear the Pronunciation!
A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.		 n.
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One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.		 n.
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One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.		 n.
Spiritualist Hear the Pronunciation!
One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.		 n.
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Spiritualistic.		 a.
Spiritualistic Hear the Pronunciation!
Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.		 a.
Spiritualities of Spirituality pl.
Spirituality Hear the Pronunciation!
The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.		 n.
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That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.		 n.
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An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.		 n.
Spiritualization Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.		 n.
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To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.		 v. t.
Spiritualize Hear the Pronunciation!
To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.		 v. t.
Spiritualize Hear the Pronunciation!
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.		 v. t.
Spiritualized of Spiritualize imp. & p. p.
Spiritualizer One who spiritualizes. n.
Spiritualizing of Spiritualize p. pr. & vb. n.
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Spiritual-minded Having the mind set on spiritual things, or filled with holy desires and affections. a.
Spiritualism Hear the Pronunciation!
The quality or state of being spiritual.		 n.
Spiritualism Hear the Pronunciation!
The doctrine, in opposition to the materialists, that all which exists is spirit, or soul -- that what is called the external world is either a succession of notions impressed on the mind by the Deity, as maintained by Berkeley, or else the mere educt of the mind itself, as taught by Fichte.		 n.
Spiritualism Hear the Pronunciation!
A belief that departed spirits hold intercourse with mortals by means of physical phenomena, as by rappng, or during abnormal mental states, as in trances, or the like, commonly manifested through a person of special susceptibility, called a medium; spiritism; the doctrines and practices of spiritualists.		 n.
Spiritualist Hear the Pronunciation!
One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic.		 n.
Spiritualist Hear the Pronunciation!
One who maintains the doctrine of spiritualism.		 n.
Spiritualist Hear the Pronunciation!
One who believes in direct intercourse with departed spirits, through the agency of persons commonly called mediums, by means of physical phenomena; one who attempts to maintain such intercourse; a spiritist.		 n.
Spiritualist Hear the Pronunciation!
Spiritualistic.		 a.
Spiritualistic Hear the Pronunciation!
Relating to, or connected with, spiritualism.		 a.
Spiritualities of Spirituality pl.
Spirituality Hear the Pronunciation!
The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.		 n.
Spirituality Hear the Pronunciation!
That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.		 n.
Spirituality Hear the Pronunciation!
An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.		 n.
Spiritualization Hear the Pronunciation!
The act of spiritualizing, or the state of being spiritualized.		 n.
Spiritualize Hear the Pronunciation!
To refine intellectiually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to; as, to spiritualize soul.		 v. t.
Spiritualize Hear the Pronunciation!
To give a spiritual meaning to; to take in a spiritual sense; -- opposed to literalize.		 v. t.
Spiritualize Hear the Pronunciation!
To extract spirit from; also, to convert into, or impregnate with, spirit.		 v. t.
Spiritualized of Spiritualize imp. & p. p.
Spiritualizer One who spiritualizes. n.
Spiritualizing of Spiritualize p. pr. & vb. n.