spiritual
adjective
, -i-chəl, -ich-wəl\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for spiritual
Synonyms: Adjective
bodiless, ethereal, formless, immaterial, incorporeal, insubstantial, nonmaterial, nonphysical, unbodied, unsubstantial
Synonyms: Noun
anthem, canticle, carol, chorale, hymn, psalm
Antonyms: Adjective
bodily, corporeal, material, physical, substantial
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Examples of spiritual in a Sentence
Adjective
Doctors must consider the emotional and spiritual needs of their patients. I regularly consult our pastor about spiritual matters. The Romantic composers saw Beethoven as a spiritual ancestor. France will always be the spiritual home of wine lovers.Noun
The congregation sang hymns and spirituals. sang a spiritual at the funeral
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Harlan's other daughter, Joni (Toni Collette), is a lifestyle guru whose health, beauty and spiritual well-being empire sounds more than a little Goopy. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Knives Out': Film Review | TIFF 2019," 8 Sep. 2019 The Gauntlet, while sounding like a rigorous summer workout program, is a week-long event in Daytona Beach where 3,000 youths and another 1,000 staff members gather in two beachfront hotels for a spiritual escape. — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, "Saving Trevor: Why Clemson's QB Credits His Early College Success to a Leap in Faith," 5 Sep. 2019 Homeowners turn to the colorful cast of forensic specialists, spiritual healers and high-end renovation experts to uncover the true crimes, shocking secrets and scandalous history of their homes. — Selena Barrientos, House Beautiful, "Murder House Flip Sounds Like Fixer Upper for True Crime Fans," 5 Sep. 2019 Her preoccupation with the spiritual has granted her access to a resource that none of the other candidates have. — Kayla Bartsch, National Review, "Marianne Williamson Offers Priestly Wisdom for a Nation Adrift — Seriously," 12 Aug. 2019 Williamson, a spiritual adviser and author, told Politico. — Claire Zillman, Fortune, "Jeffrey Epstein’s Death Victimizes His Accusers—Again: The Broadsheet," 12 Aug. 2019 Those problems, we’re told, are spiritual and can’t be legislated away. — Gilbert Garcia, ExpressNews.com, "GOP blames toxic popular culture, but not Trump, for violence," 7 Aug. 2019 In March, the court reversed itself and granted a Buddhist prisoner in Texas his request for his own spiritual adviser. — Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, "Conservative gains at Supreme Court leading to anger, frustration and 'peeks behind the curtain'," 9 June 2019 Still, no one was prepared for the spiritual journey Rose would give attendees at the final installment of The Broad’s Black Fire Sessions, which celebrates their Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 exhibit. — Brad Wete, Billboard, "Jimetta Rose and More Bring Soul to The Broad Museum's Black Fire Sessions Finale," 24 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Meacham and McGraw move as gingerly through the spirituals of the Civil War years as two white men might be expected to. — Allison Stewart, chicagotribune.com, "Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw: How American music became both a reflection and an instrument of social change," 11 July 2019 Meacham and McGraw move as gingerly through the spirituals of the Civil War years as two white men might be expected to. — Allison Stewart, Washington Post, "How American music became both a reflection and an instrument of social change," 10 July 2019 DuPont will present a recital of art songs, spirituals and gospels by both female and male black composers on June 26. — Elizabeth Nonemaker, baltimoresun.com, "Festival Baltimore celebrates the County’s 'world-class' concert hall," 13 June 2019 Blues, jazz, spirituals, jitterbug and Rogers & Hammerstein. — Alan Goch, sun-sentinel.com, "Palm Beach central and north county events for July 10-16," 10 July 2019 Still, the setting occasions some lovely period fight songs and spirituals sung by the cast, plus one noxious cigar wielded by a superior officer. — Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, "Review: A Civil War ‘Othello’ rages at Livermore Shakespeare Fest," 9 July 2019 The program includes songs of the Easter Season and Pentecost as well as spirituals, folk songs and patriotic hymns. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Democratic Club hosts Campa-Najjar... community events this weekend," 7 June 2019 Though the score evokes spirituals, jazz, folk songs, ragtime and Dixieland, the elements of musical theater came through most strongly in this performance, led with brio by Stephen Lord. — New York Times, "A Soldier’s Racially Charged Suicide Becomes a Powerful Opera," 13 June 2018 Composer Schachter describes the music as a blend of early-20th-century jazz and ragtime, African-American spirituals, and his own compositional language. — Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, "Paulus’s 10th season to include a revue of ART’s greatest hits," 21 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'spiritual.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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