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   spiritual

   /ˈspɪrɪtʃʊəl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things: "I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare" Similar non-materialinnerpsychicpsychicalpsychologicalincorporealintangibleother-worldlyunworldlyetherealtranscendentmysticmysticalnuminousmetaphysicalrare:extramundaneimmaterialOpposite physicalmaterialcorporealmundane
   • ▪ having a relationship based on a profound level of mental or emotional communion: "he never forgot his spiritual father"
   • ▪ (of a person) not concerned with material values or pursuits.
   • 2. relating to religion or religious belief: "the country's spiritual leader" Similar religioussacreddivineholynon-secularchurchchurchlyecclesiasticdevotionalOpposite secular

   noun

   • 1. a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians of the southern US, and thought to derive from the combination of European hymns and African musical elements by black slaves.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus (see spirit).

   Derivatives

   • 1. spiritualness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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