Antonyms for spiritual

Grammar : Adj

Spell : spir-i-choo-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈspɪr ɪ tʃu əl

Definition of spiritual

Origin : "of or concerning the spirit" (especially in religious aspects), c.1300, from Old French spirituel (12c.), from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus "of breathing, of the spirit" (see spirit (n.)). Meaning "of or concerning the church" is attested from mid-14c. The noun sense of "African-American religious song" first recorded 1866.

adj religious, otherworldly

Example sentences :

As far as crowd-sympathy has any spiritual value it was there.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

We are less scornful of spiritual power than we were even a few years ago.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

As a matter of fact, we dig a gulf between the material and the spiritual which does not exist.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

As to the spiritual there could be a question; as to the material there could be none.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Matter may really be considered as our sensuous misreading of the spiritual.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

It is a question of physical vision, with spiritual comprehension.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Mysticism of this sort is the very height of spiritual power.
Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell

Marian was prepared to be the mental, the spiritual, and the physical mate of a man.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

Their temporal sorrows have awakened their spiritual energies.
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

The spiritual attitude of a man to a god and a dog to a man.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

Synonyms for spiritual

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