spiritual
pronunciation
How to pronounce spiritual in British English:
UK [ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl]
How to pronounce spiritual in American English:
US [ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl]
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- Noun:
- a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
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- Adjective:
- concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
- concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
- lacking material body or form or substance
- like or being a phantom
Word Origin
- spiritual (adj.)
- c. 1300, "of or concerning the spirit" (especially in religious aspects), from Old French spirituel, esperituel (12c.) or directly from a Medieval Latin ecclesiastical use of Latin spiritualis "of or pertaining to breath, breathing, wind, or air; pertaining to spirit," from spiritus "of breathing, of the spirit" (see spirit (n.)). Meaning "of or concerning the church" is attested from mid-14c. Related: Spiritually. An Old English word for "spiritual" was godcundlic. In avibus intellige studia spiritualia, in animalibus exercitia corporalia [Richard of St. Victoror (1110-1173): "Watch birds to understand how spiritual things move, animals to understand physical motion." - E.P.]
- spiritual (n.)
- "African-American religious song," 1866, from spiritual (adj.). Earlier "a spiritual thing" (1660s).
Example
- 1. When is the time to start a spiritual connection ?
- 2. Happiness is like a pair of eyeglasses correcting your spiritual vision .
- 3. Once you make peace with god , that 's spiritual peace .
- 4. Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is take a nap .
- 5. Many of us act like spiritual orphans .