spiritual definition

1. a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
2. concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
• examples: a spiritual approach to life
• examples: spiritual fulfillment
• examples: spiritual values
• examples: unearthly love
3. lacking material body or form or substance; ; -Lewis Mumford
• examples: spiritual beings
• examples: the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm