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spiritual

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spiritual in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. resembling or characteristic of a phantom
    "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"
    apparitional  ghostlike  ghostly  phantasmal  spectral  spiritual 
  2. concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
    "religious texts"; "a member of a religious order"; "lords temporal and spiritual"; "spiritual leaders"; "spiritual songs"
    religious  spiritual 
  3. lacking material body or form or substance
    "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford
    spiritual 
  4. concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
    "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love"
    spiritual  unearthly 
noun
  1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
    spiritual  Negro spiritual 
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