ghostlike vs spiritual what difference

what is difference between ghostlike and spiritual

English

Etymology

ghost +‎ -like

Adjective

ghostlike (comparative more ghostlike, superlative most ghostlike)

1. Seemingly invisible; as a ghost, similar to a ghost.

English

Alternative forms

• (all obsolete) spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall

Etymology

From Middle English spiritual, spirituel, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹɪtʃʊəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪtjʊəl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹɪtʃuəl/, /ˈspɪɹɪ̈t͡ʃul̩/

Adjective

spiritual (comparative more spiritual, superlative most spiritual)

1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
4. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

   a spiritual substance or being

   • It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

5. Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
6. (Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.

   • If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one.

7. Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.

   the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

spiritual (plural spirituals)

1. A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
2. Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

   He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.

Synonyms

• folk song

Translations

References

• spiritual at OneLook Dictionary Search
• spiritual in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• spiritual in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spirituel, Late Latin spīrituālis, from Latin spiritus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spirituˈal/

Adjective

spiritual m or n (feminine singular spirituală, masculine plural spirituali, feminine and neuter plural spirituale)

1. spiritual

Declension

Synonyms

• sufletesc

Related terms

• spiritualism
• spiritualitate

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