SMSC

Adjective

spiritual (comparative more spiritual, superlative most spiritual)

1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
   • Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; (Christianity, specifically) inspired by the Holy Spirit.
   • Brethren, if a man bee ouertaken in a fault: yee which are spirituall, restore such a one in the spirit of meeknesse, considering thy selfe least thou also be tempted.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 6:1
3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
   • Despite personal schisms and differences in spiritual experience, there is a very coherent theology of Snape shared between the wives. To examine this manifestation of religious fandom, I will first discuss the canon scepticism and anti-Rowling sentiment that helps to contextualise the wider belief...2014 March 3, Zoe Alderton, “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom”, in Religions, volume 5, number 1, MDPI, →DOI, archived from the original on 20 Dec...
4. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
   • a spiritual substance or being
5. Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
6. Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
   • the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

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