spiritual

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective [usuallybeforenoun] 1 connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things: a spiritual experience * spiritual development / growth / needs * a lack of spiritual values in the modern world * We're concerned about your spiritual welfare. OPPMATERIAL 2 connected with religion: a spiritual leader compareTEMPORAL spiritually adverb: a spiritually uplifting book 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. noun (also Negro spiritual) a religious song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America