Spiritual



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• adj. 精神的
• ［英］ adj. 精神的 ( of the spirit rather than the body)
• ［类］ 反义词: corporeal ( 肉体的)
• ［记］ spirit ( 精神) +ual

Webster Collegiate

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

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