Spiritual
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Spiritual may refer to:
- SpiritualitySpiritualitySpirituality can refer to an ultimate or an alleged immaterial reality; an inner path enabling a person to discover the essence of his/her being; or the “deepest values and meanings by which people live.” Spiritual practices, including meditation, prayer and contemplation, are intended to develop...
, a concern with matters of the spirit - Spiritual (music)Spiritual (music)Spirituals are religious songs which were created by enslaved African people in America.-Terminology and origin:...
, an African American song, usually with a Christian religious text - Spiritual possession, a concept of many religions, where it is believed that a demon may take temporary control of a human body
- Lords SpiritualLords SpiritualThe Lords Spiritual of the United Kingdom, also called Spiritual Peers, are the 26 bishops of the established Church of England who serve in the House of Lords along with the Lords Temporal. The Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, is not represented by spiritual peers...
, clergymen of the established Church of England who serve in the House of Lords - SupernaturalSupernaturalThe supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
, refers to forces and phenomena which are beyond ordinary scientific understanding - A branch of the 13th-century FranciscanFranciscanMost Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
s favoring poverty against the wealth of the Church