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I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French espirital, spiritual, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin, of breathing, of wind, from spiritus
Date: 14th century
1. of, relating to, consisting of, or affecting the spirit ; incorporeal <spiritual needs> 2. a. of or relating to sacred matters <spiritual songs> b. ecclesiastical rather than lay or temporal <spiritual authority> <lords spiritual> 3. concerned with religious values 4. related or joined in spirit <our spiritual home> <his spiritual heir> 5. a. of or relating to supernatural beings or phenomena b. of, relating to, or involving spiritualism ; spiritualistic • spiritually adverb • spiritualness noun II. noun Date: 1582 1. plural things of a spiritual, ecclesiastical, or religious nature 2. a religious song usually of a deeply emotional character that was developed especially among blacks in the southern United States 3. capitalized any of a party of 13th and 14th century Franciscans advocating strict observance of a rule of poverty for their order
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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