SPIRITUAL

• (noun) a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

  synonyms : negro spiritual

• (adj.) lacking material body or form or substance

  "spiritual beings", "the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : apparitional , ghostlike , ghostly , phantasmal , spectral

• (adj.) 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"

  synonyms : religious

• (adj.) concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul

  "a spiritual approach to life", "spiritual fulfillment", "spiritual values", "unearthly love"

  synonyms : unearthly

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