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spiritual adjective [ ˈspɪrɪtʃʊəl ]

• relating to or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.
• "I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare"
Similar: non-material, inner, psychic, psychical, psychological, incorporeal, intangible, other-worldly, unworldly, ethereal, transcendent, mystic, mystical, numinous, metaphysical, extramundane, immaterial,
Opposite: physical, material, corporeal, mundane,
• relating to religion or religious belief.
• "the country's spiritual leader"
Similar: religious, sacred, divine, holy, non-secular, church, churchly, ecclesiastic, devotional,
Opposite: secular,

spiritual noun

• a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians of the southern US, and thought to derive from the combination of European hymns and African musical elements by black slaves.
Origin: Middle English: from Old French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus (see spirit).

one's spiritual home

• a place in which one feels a strong sense of belonging.
"I had always thought of Italy as my spiritual home"



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