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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



... forms the theory of modern democracy. On the other hand the nation was learning to rely on itself, to believe in its own strength and vigour, to crave for a share in the guidance of its own life. His conflict with the two great spiritual and temporal powers of Christendom, his strife at once with the Papacy and the House of Austria, had roused in every Englishman a sense of supreme manhood, which told, however slowly, on his attitude towards the Crown. The seaman whose tiny bark had ...
— History of the English People, Volume V (of 8) - Puritan England, 1603-1660 • John Richard Green

... spiritual glow and grandeur of [1] a consecrated life wherein dwelleth peace, sacred and sincere in trial ...
— Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 • Mary Baker Eddy

... young. Difference between intellectual and spiritual life. Pride of intellect and self-confidence humbled, and true happiness gained at last along with ...
— The Crown of Success • Charlotte Maria Tucker

... found in juxtaposition to a political opinion which is connected with it by affinity. If the human mind be left to follow its own bent, it will regulate the temporal and spiritual institutions of society upon one uniform principle; and man will endeavor, if I may use the expression, to harmonize the state in which he lives upon earth with the state which he believes to await him in heaven. The greatest part of British America ...
— Democracy In America, Volume 1 (of 2) • Alexis de Tocqueville

... she looked into the glass, she found that she was young, unspoiled—still lovely: a sweetly wistful woman, whom he resembled. Moreover, there came to transform her, suddenly, gloriously, a revelation: that of the spiritual significance ...
— The Mother • Norman Duncan


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