different between spiritual vs spectral
spiritual
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): /?sp???t???l/, /?sp???tj??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?sp???t?u?l/, /?sp????t??ul?/
Adjective
spiritual (comparative more spiritual, superlative most spiritual)
- Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
- Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
- Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
- Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
- a spiritual substance or being
- It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
- Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
- (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.
- 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)
- A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
- 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 sp?ritu?lis, from Latin spiritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spiritu?al/
Adjective
spiritual m or n (feminine singular spiritual?, masculine plural spirituali, feminine and neuter plural spirituale)
- spiritual
Declension
Synonyms
- sufletesc
Related terms
- spiritualism
- spiritualitate
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spectral
English
Etymology
Equivalent to spectre +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sp?kt???/
Adjective
spectral (comparative more spectral, superlative most spectral)
- Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly.
- Synonym: ghostly
- Antonym: nonspectral
- Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light etc)
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- cepstral, craplets, sceptral
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sp?k.t?al/
Adjective
spectral (feminine singular spectrale, masculine plural spectraux, feminine plural spectrales)
- spectral
Related terms
- spectre
Further reading
- “spectral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
French spectral
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [spek?tral]
Adjective
spectral m or n (feminine singular spectral?, masculine plural spectrali, feminine and neuter plural spectrale)
- spectral
Declension
Synonyms
- fantomatic
Related terms
- spectru
spectral From the web:
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- what spectral class is betelgeuse
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