adj. & n.
adj. 1 of or concerning the spirit as opposed to matter. 2 concerned with sacred or religious things; holy; divine; inspired (the spiritual life; spiritual songs). 3 (of the mind etc.) refined, sensitive; not concerned with the material. 4 (of a relationship etc.) concerned with the soul or spirit etc., not with external reality (his spiritual home).
n. = Negro spiritual. spiritual courts ecclesiastical courts. spirituality n. spiritually adv. spiritualness n.
[ ME f. OF spirituel f. L spiritualis (as SPIRIT) ]