spiritual

UK/ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl//ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/

spiritual adjective: of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

Adjective

spiritual (comparative more spiritual, superlative most spiritual)

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
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
- I suppose that’s not surprising, given the spiritual milieu in which I grew up. My mother gasped in sorrow at any news of a bombing in Israel and appropriately “oy veyed” when a Jew was accused of a crime, but she couldn’t tell you what the Shabbat blessing meant.2019 June 18, Debra Jacobs, “I Didn’t Believe in God. Then I Had Kids.”, in Kveller, archived from the original on 19 Mar 2025
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...
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
- a spiritual substance or being
- It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:44
Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
- the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

Noun (1)

spiritual (plural spirituals)

A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
- He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.a. 1880, James Russell Lowell, Dante

Noun (2) capitalized: Spiritual

Spiritual (plural Spirituals)

(historical) A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.
- But in the years that followed, the cause of the Spirituals became championed by far more substantial figures within the church.2007, Edwin Mullins, The Popes of Avignon, Blue Bridge, published 2008, page 56

spiritual meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

spiritual in Hindi

of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul: आध्यात्मिक ādhyātmik

spiritual in Tamil

இயலான, அகநிலைச் சார்ந்த, தெய்வநிலைச் சார்ந்த, பருப்பொருள் சார்பற்ற

spiritual in Urdu

spiritual: روحانی rūhānī, مانس mānas
spiritual, semantic: معنوی ma'navī

spiritual in Bengali

of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul: আধ্যাত্মিক addhattik

More languagesFewer languages

spiritual in Telugu: ఆధ్యాత్మిక ādhyātmika
spiritual in Malayalam: ആത്മീയ ātmīya, അലൗകിക alaukika
spiritual in Kannada: ಧಾರ್ಮಿಕತೆ, ದಿವ್ಯವಾದದ್ದು, ಪಾವಿತ್ರ್ಯ, ಧರ್ಮ ಗೀತೆ
spiritual in Punjabi: ਨੂਰੀ nūrī
spiritual in Sanskrit: अध्यात्म adhyātma, नार nāra, स्वामिन् svāmín
spiritual in Tagalog: makadiwa
spiritual in Arabic: رُوحَانِيّ rūḥāniyy, رُوحِيّ rūḥiyy
spiritual in Persian: روحی ruhi, معنوی ma'navi, روحانی rowhâni

Examples of spiritual in a sentence

After conventional medicine failed me, spiritual healing was a desperate last hope.
It is important to separate your fearful, false ego-self from your true spiritual self.
Jack's spiritual, but he's not really into religion.

All 40 example sentences with spiritual

Synonyms of spiritual

folk song

Forms of spiritual

Adjective
comparative	more spiritual
superlative	most spiritual
alternative form (obsolete)	spirituall
alternative form (obsolete)	spirytual
alternative form (obsolete)	spirytuall
alternative form (obsolete)	spyritual
alternative form (obsolete)	spyrituall
alternative form (obsolete)	spyrytual
alternative form (obsolete)	spyrytuall
alternative form (archaic, rare)	sperichil
Noun
plural	spirituals
plural	Spirituals

Origin of spiritual

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spīritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual.

Phrases with spiritual

Questions about spiritual

What does spiritual mean?: Spiritual means of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
What is spiritual in Hindi?: Spiritual in Hindi is आध्यात्मिक (ādhyātmik). See Spiritual meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is spiritual?: Spiritual can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce spiritual?: Spiritual is pronounced /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/ (UK).

Words near spiritual in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: spiritual (page history and authors); Spiritual (page history and authors); spiritual (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); روحانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); spiritual (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨੂਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); अध्यात्म (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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