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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Spiritual \Spir"it*u*al\, a. [L. spiritualis: cf. F. spirituel. See {Spirit}.] 1. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being. [1913 Webster] It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. --1 Cor. xv. 44. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual. [1913 Webster] 3. Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits. [1913 Webster] God's law is spiritual; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] 4. Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to {carnal}. [1913 Webster] That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift. --Rom. i. ll. [1913 Webster] Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings. --Eph. i. 3. [1913 Webster] If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one. --Gal. vi. 1. [1913 Webster] 5. Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation. [1913 Webster] {Spiritual coadjuctor}. (Eccl.) See the Note under {Jesuit}. {Spiritual court} (Eccl. Law), an ecclesiastical court, or a court having jurisdiction in ecclesiastical affairs; a court held by a bishop or other ecclesiastic. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Spiritual \Spir"it*u*al\, n. A spiritual function, office, or affair. See {Spirituality}, 2. [1913 Webster] He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. --Lowell. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: spiritual adj 1: 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" [syn: {religious}, {spiritual}] 2: concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul; "a spiritual approach to life"; "spiritual fulfillment"; "spiritual values"; "unearthly love" [syn: {spiritual}, {unearthly}] 3: lacking material body or form or substance; "spiritual beings"; "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford 4: 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" [syn: {apparitional}, {ghostlike}, {ghostly}, {phantasmal}, {spectral}, {spiritual}] n 1: a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States [syn: {spiritual}, {Negro spiritual}]