Definition of spiritual
- a. - Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a
spiritual substance or being.
- a. - Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher
endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- a. - Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the
soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and
affecting the spirits.
- a. - 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.
- a. - Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things;
ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords
spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
- n. - A spiritual function, office, or affair. See
Spirituality, 2.