Main Entry:: ¹spir·i·tu·al
Pronunciation:: \ˈspir-i-chə-wəl, -i-chəl, -ich-wəl\
Function:: 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 values4: 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

— spir·i·tu·al·ly adverb

— spir·i·tu·al·ness noun

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