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{
"term": "spiritual",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a spiritual experience"
},
{
"text": "spiritual development"
},
{
"text": "His music leads us on a **spiritual journey**."
},
{
"text": "the human capacity for spiritual growth"
},
{
"text": "a lack of spiritual values in the modern world"
},
{
"text": "We're concerned about your spiritual welfare."
},
{
"text": "I consider myself to have deep moral and spiritual values."
},
{
"text": "The colours had an almost spiritual quality."
},
{
"text": "This is a deeply spiritual piece of music."
},
{
"text": "a truly spiritual experience"
},
{
"text": "He was committed to the welfare, both spiritual and physical, of the men under his command."
},
{
"text": "Many Eastern cultures put spiritual values before material values."
},
{
"text": "Nurses must respond to the spiritual needs of patients."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["deeply", "truly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "connected with religion",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **spiritual leader**"
},
{
"text": "Father Joubert was their spiritual adviser."
},
{
"text": "Buddhist spiritual practice"
},
{
"text": "For Martin Luther, this is the essence of the spiritual life."
}
],
"topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there",
"examples": [
{
"text": "When she moved to Italy, she knew she'd found her true spiritual home."
},
{
"text": "The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home."
},
{
"text": "I had always thought of India as my spiritual home."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/",
"audio": "sp/spiritual/spiritual__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/",
"audio": "sp/spiritual/spiritual__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus ‘breath, spirit’, from spirare ‘breathe’."
}