# spiritual
## English
### Alternative forms

* spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall (all obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin spiritus. Equivalent to spirit +‎ -ual.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/
* (US) IPA: /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪ̈t͡ʃul̩/
* Audio (US):(file)

### 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.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Galatians 6:1: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.
* Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
** 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, pages 219–257: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 in Snape as a character who extends beyond book and film.
* Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
    a spiritual substance or being
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Corinthians 15:44:It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
* 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

#### Derived terms

* antispiritual
* antispiritualism
* antispirituality
* aspiritual
* aspirituality
* cyberspiritual
* ecospiritual
* interspiritual
* nonspiritual
* panspiritual
* pseudospiritual
* psychospiritual
* religiospiritual
* spiritual awakening
* spiritual bypass
* spiritual desertion
* spiritual healing
* spiritual incest
* spiritualisation
* spiritualise
* Spiritualism
* spiritualism
* spiritualist
* spiritualistic
* spirituality
* spiritualization
* spiritualize
* spiritual leader
* spiritually
* spiritual midden
* spiritual naturalism
* spiritual naturalist
* spiritualness
* spiritual sequel
* spiritual violence
* spiritual warfare
* spiritual wifery
* spiritual world
* superspiritual
* theospiritual
* ultraspiritual
* unspiritual

#### Translations
### Noun

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.
** a. 1880, James Russell Lowell, "Dante"
    He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.

#### Synonyms

* folk song

#### Derived terms

* arranged spiritual
* concert spiritual
* negro spiritual
* Negro spiritual

#### Translations
### References

* “spiritual”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* spiritual in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
* “spiritual”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French spirituel, Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus. By surface analysis, spirit +‎ -ual.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /spirituˈal/

### Adjective

spiritual m or n (feminine singular spirituală, masculine plural spirituali, feminine and neuter plural spirituale)
* spiritual
    Synonym: sufletesc

#### Related terms

* spiritualism
* spiritualitate