spiritual
adjective /ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/
/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/
[usually before noun]Idioms - a spiritual experience
- spiritual development
- His music leads us on a spiritual journey.
- the human capacity for spiritual growth
- a lack of spiritual values in the modern world
- We're concerned about your spiritual welfare.
- I consider myself to have deep moral and spiritual values.
Extra Examples- The colours had an almost spiritual quality.
- This is a deeply spiritual piece of music.
- a truly spiritual experience
- He was committed to the welfare, both spiritual and physical, of the men under his command.
- Many Eastern cultures put spiritual values before material values.
- Nurses must respond to the spiritual needs of patients.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- deeply
- truly
- very
- …
- a spiritual leader
- Father Joubert was their spiritual adviser.
- Buddhist spiritual practice
- For Martin Luther, this is the essence of the spiritual life.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus ‘breath, spirit’, from spirare ‘breathe’.
Idioms
your spiritual home
- the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there
- When she moved to Italy, she knew she'd found her true spiritual home.
- The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home.
- I had always thought of India as my spiritual home.