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spirituals

spirituals is the plural of spiritual.

Meaning of spiritual

Noun

spiritual (plural spirituals)

  1. A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
  2. 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

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Noun capitalized: Spirituals

Spirituals

  1. (plural) plural of Spiritual

Phrases with spirituals

Questions about spirituals

What is spirituals the plural of?
Spirituals is the plural of spiritual.
What part of speech is spirituals?
Spirituals is a noun.

Words near spirituals in the dictionary

  1. spiritualizing
  2. spirituall
  3. spiritually
  4. spiritually Israeli
  5. spiritualness
  6. spirituals
  7. spiritualties
  8. spiritualty
  9. spirituelle
  10. spirituelles
  11. spirituosity

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