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spir·it·u·al
/ ˈspirichoōəl/
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adj.
1.
of, relating to, or affecting the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things:
I'm responsible for his spiritual welfare
the spiritual values of life.
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(of a person) not concerned with material values or pursuits.
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of or relating to religion or religious belief:
Iran's spiritual leader.
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n.
(also Negro spiritual)
a religious song of a kind associated with black Christians of the southern U.S., and thought to derive from the combination of European hymns and African musical elements by black slaves.
PHRASES:
one's spiritual home
a place in which one feels a profound sense of belonging:
I had always thought of Italy as my spiritual home.DERIVATIVES:
spir·it·u·al·i·ty
/ ˌspirichoōˈalitē/ n.
spir·it·u·al·ly
adv.
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Spiritual Care Activities of Nurses Using Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) Labels
Magazine article from: International Journal of Nursing Terminologies and Classifications; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; PURPOSE. To describe the spiritual care activities of nurses as subsequently...triangulation research design to describe spiritual perspectives, interventions, and...respondents reported providing 32 spiritual care activities. Ten NIC labels...
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SPIRITUAL NUTRITION: REAP THE BENEFITS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/1/2008; 685 words
; ...that some benefits from living a healthy spiritual life include lowered blood pressure, greater...an overall happier outlook on life. Good spiritual nutrition is required for a healthy spiritual life and to reap the benefits listed above...
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Spiritual Quest and and Popular Culture: Reflexive Spirituality in the Text of Northern Exposure.
Magazine article from: Journal of Religion and Popular Culture; 3/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...Northern Exposure, this paper discusses its spiritual narrative and argues that it resonates with broader emerging patterns of spiritual questing in the United States. Drawing from key characters and spiritual themes from several episodes, we delineate...
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 "The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)")
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NEGRO SPIRITUALS TO BE CELEBRATED SATURDAY IN SYRACUSE.(CNY)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 9/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...entertainment but for spiritual upliftment. The spirituals were based on the...now known as Negro spirituals, to the world in...African-American Spiritual, The New Federalist...An Evening of Spirituals, with Mary Virginia...
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SPIRITUAL WELLNESS: GLUE THAT HOLDS WINGMEN TOGETHER AS TOTAL FORCE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 6/29/2007; 700+ words
; ...creed, ethnicity, nationality or rank. Spiritual wellness is taking care of people the...t have to be religious in order to be spiritual. Contrary to popular belief, I believe that spiritual wellness supersedes any religious concept...
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Spiritual assessment: a nursing responsibility.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Online Journal of Rural Nursing & Health Care; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...must not procrastinate--meeting the spiritual needs of patients will reduce patient...Grant, 2004). Not having been taught spiritual assessment in one's nursing program...Commission requires that nurses provide a spiritual assessment of every patient (JCAHO...
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SPIRITUAL DIRECTION
Magazine article from: Career Planning and Adult Development Journal; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...first question people usually raise about spiritual direction is, "What is it?" Spiritual direction can mean different things to different...the Holy, of the Divine. For many people spiritual direction is a new concept, and some people...
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Spiritual survival sees a revival
Newspaper article from: Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL); 2/7/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...there were spirituals. "The spiritual was the antecedent...Chicago. "The spiritual is distinctly...Paul Carey. "Spirituals are national...miracles of spirituals is that they...it's the spiritual." "The spiritual...
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Spiritual directors help faithful strengthen relationship with God.
Newspaper article from: Dallas Morning News; 3/24/2004; 700+ words
; ...holy. So some people are turning to spiritual directors to help them strengthen...God. "For a person on an intense spiritual pilgrimage, that generally requires developing a relationship with a spiritual companion," said Shelly Vescovo...
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Spiritual Baptist Week celebrated in New York
Newspaper article from: New York Beacon, The; 7/20/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...07-20-2005 It's good to see the Spiritual Baptist Faith gaining in recognition...and Tobago, March 30 is celebrated as Spiritual Baptist Day, and, thanks to Council Member Kendall Stewart, beginning last year Spiritual Baptist Recognition Day is observed in...
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spiritual
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...melancholy. The spiritual is directly related...of more joyous spirituals influenced the...Jackson, White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands (1933) and Spiritual Folk-Songs of...White and Negro Spirituals (1943); L...
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Spiritual Crisis
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying
Spiritual Crisis Humans typically assume the world...of justice, personal control, or a spiritual force that brings order to a potentially...one can find oneself on the brink of a spiritual crisis. Spiritual crisis or spiritual...
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Spirituals
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...melodic staples of the spiritual as well. Many of the...first publication of spirituals in book form was Slave...the “Negro Spiritual,” this...Book of American Negro Spirituals , 1925, 1927. John...x2010;American Spiritual Was Hammered Out...
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Twentieth-Century Spiritual Expression
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained
Twentieth-Century Spiritual Expression A lthough millennial thought...teachings and personal quests for spiritual fulfillment are by no means limited...their forefathers. In the West, many spiritual seekers chose to combine the teachings...
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Spiritual Elders
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
SPIRITUAL ELDERS The spiritual elder ( starets in Russian, geron in Greek) first appeared in...the heart. One who has the gift of discernment can undertake the spiritual direction of others. In the opinion of some Eastern writers...
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