Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Etymology
- 1.3 Pronunciation
- 1.4 Adjective
- 1.4.1 Derived terms
- 1.4.2 Translations
- 1.5 Noun
- 1.5.1 Synonyms
- 1.5.2 Derived terms
- 1.5.3 Translations
- 1.6 References
- 2 Romanian
- 2.1 Etymology
- 2.2 Pronunciation
- 2.3 Adjective
- 2.3.1 Declension
- 2.3.2 Related terms
English
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Alternative forms
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- (all obsolete) spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall
Etymology
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From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin spiritus.
Pronunciation
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- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈspɪɹɪt͡ʃuəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪ̈t͡ʃul̩/
Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
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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[1], 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
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- 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
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of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul
- Afrikaans: geestelik, spiritueel
- Arabic: رُوحَانِيّ (rūḥāniyy), رُوحِيّ (rūḥiyy)
- Armenian: հոգեւոր(hy) (hogewor)
- Asturian: espiritual
- Azerbaijani: ruhi, ruhani, mənəvi(az)
- Belarusian: духо́ўны (duxóŭny)
- Bengali: আধ্যাত্মিক(bn) (addhattik)
- Bulgarian: духо́вен(bg) (duhóven)
- Catalan: espiritual(ca)
- Chinese:
- Czech: duchovní(cs)
- Danish: åndelig
- Dutch: geestelijk(nl), spiritueel(nl)
- Esperanto: spirita, anima
- Estonian: vaimne
- Finnish: hengellinen(fi) (religious); henkinen(fi) (other)
- French: spirituel(fr)
- Galician: espiritual(gl)
- German: geistig(de)
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌷𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (ahmeins)
- Greek: πνευματικός(el) (pnevmatikós)
- Ancient Greek: πνευματικός (pneumatikós)
- Hebrew: רוּחָנִי (rukhaní)
- Hindi: आध्यात्मिक(hi) (ādhyātmik)
- Hungarian: spirituális(hu), lelki(hu)
- Irish: spioradálta
- Italian: spirituale(it)
- Japanese: 精神的(ja) (せいしんてき, seishinteki)
- Kazakh: рухани (ruxani)
- Korean: 정신적(ko) (jeongsinjeok), 정신의(ko) (jeongsinui)
- Kyrgyz: руханий (ruhaniy)
- Latvian: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: духовен (duhoven)
- Malagasy: ara-panahy
- Malayalam: ആത്മീയ(ml) (ātmīya)
- Manx: spyrrydoil
- Maori: whakawairua
- Middle English: gostly
- Norwegian: åndelig, spirituell(no)
- Occitan: espirital(oc)
- Old East Slavic: духовьнꙑи (duxovĭnyi)
- Old English: gāstlīċ
- Old Irish: spirutálta
- Persian: روحی(fa) (ruhi), معنوی(fa) (ma'navi), روحانی(fa) (rowhâni)
- Polish: duchowy(pl)
- Portuguese: espiritual(pt)
- Romanian: sufletesc(ro), spiritual(ro)
- Russian: духо́вный(ru) (duxóvnyj)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovak: duchovný
- Slovene: duhoven
- Sorbian:
- Upper Sorbian: duchowny
- Spanish: espiritual(es)
- Swedish: andlig(sv)
- Tagalog: makadiwa
- Tajik: рӯҳӣ (rühī), маънавӣ (maʾnavī)
- Telugu: ఆధ్యాత్మిక(te) (ādhyātmika)
- Turkish: spiritüel(tr), tinsel(tr), ruhsal(tr), manevi(tr), ruhani(tr)
- Ukrainian: духо́вний(uk) (duxóvnyj)
- Uzbek: ruhiy(uz), maʼnaviy(uz)
- Welsh: ysbrydol(cy)
- Yiddish: רוחיש (rukhish), גײַסטיק (gaystik)
of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred
of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural
- Afrikaans: spiritueel
- Bulgarian: свръхестествен(bg) (svrǎhestestven)
- Finnish: henkimaailman(fi), yliluonnollinen(fi)
- Malayalam: ആത്മീയ(ml) (ātmīya)
- Romanian: spiritual(ro)
- Turkish: manevi(tr)
consisting of spirit; not material
of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind
- Afrikaans: spiritueel
- Bulgarian: одухотворен(bg) (oduhotvoren)
- Estonian: vaimne
- Finnish: henkinen(fi), älyllinen(fi)
Christianity: controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit
- Finnish: Pyhän Hengen johdattama
not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things
- Bulgarian: свят(bg) (svjat)
- Finnish: hengellinen(fi)
- Maori: whakawairua
- Middle English: gostly
Noun
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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.
- a. 1880, James Russell Lowell, "Dante"
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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folk song
- Bulgarian: религиозна песенf (religiozna pesen)
- Czech: spirituálm
- Finnish: spirituaali(fi)
- Hungarian: spirituálé(hu)
- Italian: spiritual(it)m
- Spanish: espiritual(es)m
References
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- “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
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Etymology
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Borrowed from French spirituel, Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus. By surface analysis, spirit + -ual.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
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spiritualm or n (feminine singular spirituală, masculine plural spirituali, feminine and neuter plural spirituale)
- spiritual
- Synonym: sufletesc
Declension
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Declension of spiritual
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | spiritual | spirituală | spirituali | spirituale | ||
| definite | spiritualul | spirituala | spiritualii | spiritualele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | spiritual | spirituale | spirituali | spirituale | ||
| definite | spiritualului | spiritualei | spiritualelor | spiritualilor | |||
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