Synonyms: Negro spiritual, spiritual
Definition: a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
Similar words: religious song
Definition: religious music for singing
Synonyms: spiritual
Definition: lacking material body or form or substance
Usage: spiritual beings; the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm-Lewis Mumford
Similar words: immaterial, incorporeal
Definition: without material form or substance
Usage: an incorporeal spirit
Synonyms: phantasmal, apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, spiritual, spectral
Definition: resembling or characteristic of a phantom
Usage: a ghostly face at the window; a phantasmal presence in the room; spectral emanations; spiritual tappings at a seance
Similar words: supernatural
Definition: not existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
Usage: supernatural forces and occurrences and beings
Synonyms: religious, spiritual
Definition: concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
Usage: religious texts; a member of a religious order; lords temporal and spiritual; spiritual leaders; spiritual songs
Similar words: sacred
Definition: concerned with religion or religious purposes
Usage: sacred texts; sacred rites; sacred music
Synonyms: unearthly, spiritual
Definition: concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
Usage: a spiritual approach to life; spiritual fulfillment; spiritual values; unearthly love
Similar words: unworldly
Definition: not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations
Usage: was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards- Sheldon Cheney