spiritual
Other forms: spirituals
Spiritual things are concerned with sacred matters or religion, affecting the spirit or the soul. Spiritual entities like ghosts lack a material body or substance.
Spiritual is the adjective form of the word spirit, which comes from the Latin word for "breath," and means the thing that animates life. Spiritual can be used to talk about anything that goes beyond mere physical existence, from ghost spirits to religious feelings. As a noun, spiritual describes a religious song originating in the African-American culture of the American South.
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lacking material body or form or substance“spiritual beings”“"the vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm"-Lewis Mumford”synonyms:
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concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul
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concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church
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resembling or characteristic of a phantom“spiritual tappings at a seance”synonyms: apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectralsupernaturalnot existing in nature or subject to explanation according to natural laws; not physical or material
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a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United Statessynonyms: Negro spiritualtype of:religious songreligious music for singing
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On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. Speaking from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., King stood before an estimated quarter of a million people who had gathered to demonstrate for passage of the Civil Rights Act.
Learn these words from the biography by Doreen Rappaport (Inside: Level C, Unit 3) Here is our link to a list of words from the full text: I Have a Dream Here are our links to the selections of "Making a Difference": The Civil Rights Movement, Midway, Martin's Big Words; I Have a Dream, Speaking Up, Speeches on the Little Rock Nine Here are our links to the units of Level C: Unit 1, Unit 2, Unit 3, Unit 4, Unit 5, Unit 6, Unit 7, Unit 8 Here are our links to the Inside books: Level A, Level B, Level C Here is our link to a list of academic vocabulary for Inside: Academic Vocabulary
On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I have a dream" speech. Speaking from the steps of the LIncoln Memorial in Washington D.C., King stood before an estimated quarter of a million people who had gathered to demonstrate for passage of the Civil Rights Act.