spiritual
spiritual is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 33 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.2. Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- 2.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. Sir T. Browne.
- 3.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. Rom. i. ll. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings. Eph. i.
- 4.If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one. Gal. vi.
- 5.5. 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.
- 6.A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. Lowell.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- asomatous
- astral
- body
- disembodied
- disembody
- ego
- extramundane
- immaterial
- immaterialism
- immateriality
- immaterialness
- immateriate
- incorporal
- incorporate
- incorporeal
- incorporeity
- inextension
- myself
- personal
- personality
- plane
- psychical
- soul
- spirit
- spiritualism
- spiritualist
- spirituality
- spiritualize
- subjective
- supersensible
- unearthly
- unembodied
- unfleshly
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is spiritual.
- What is 2. Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual called?
- What is if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one. Gal. vi called?
- What is a spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2. He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. Lowell called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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