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spiritual

1 adjective
     
Related topics: Religion
spir‧i‧tu‧al1
1RR relating to your spirit rather than to your body or mind:
Painting helps fill a spiritual need for beauty.
spiritual values
2RR relating to religion [= religious]:
Islam was inspired by the teachings of the spiritual leader Mohammed.
3

somebody's spiritual home

a place where you feel you belong because you share the ideas and attitudes of that society
—spiritually adjective
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