different between spiritual vs emotional

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)

1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

2. Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
3. Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
4. Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

   a spiritual substance or being

   • It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

5. Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
6. (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.

7. 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)

1. A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
2. 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)

1. spiritual

Declension

Synonyms

• sufletesc

Related terms

• spiritualism
• spiritualitate

English

Etymology

emotion +? -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??m????n?l/, /??m???n?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??mo???n?l/, /??mo??n?l/, /i?mo???n?l/
• Rhymes: -????n?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative more emotional, superlative most emotional)

1. Of or relating to the emotions.

   emotional crisis

   emotional lift

2. Characterised by emotion.
3. Determined by emotion rather than reason.

   emotional decision

4. Appealing to or arousing emotion.

   emotional speech

5. Easily affected by emotion.

   She’s an emotional person.

6. Readily displaying emotion.

   emotional greeting

Synonyms

• demonstrative
• effusive
• sentimental
• temperamental

Derived terms

Translations

German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a?l

Adjective

emotional (comparative emotionaler, superlative am emotionalsten)

1. emotional

Declension

Related terms

• Emotion

Further reading

• “emotional” in Duden online