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Spiritual ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl Experience Values Adjective Bre Development Lack

Word spiritual
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl / NAmE / ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl /
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  • a spiritual experience
  • spiritual development
  • a lack of spiritual values in the modern world
  • we're concerned about your spiritual welfare.
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spiritual

(adjective)BrE / ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl / NAmE / ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl /
  1. connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things
    • opposite material
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/material_2
    • a spiritual experience
    • spiritual development
    • a lack of spiritual values in the modern world
    • We're concerned about your spiritual welfare.
  2. connected with religion
    • compare temporal
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/temporal
    • a spiritual leader
  3. the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there
    • When she moved to Italy, she knew she'd found her true spiritual home.

    Extra Examples

    • The colours had an almost spiritual quality.
    • This is a deeply spiritual piece of music.
    • a truly spiritual experience
    • He was committed to the welfare, both spiritual and physical, of the men under his command.
    • Many Eastern cultures put spiritual values before material values.
    • Nurses must respond to the spiritual needs of patients.

    Word Origin

    • Middle English: from Old French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus ‘breath, spirit’, from spirare ‘breathe’.
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