Spiritual vs. Mundane — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Spiritual and Mundane
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Spiritual
Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural
Spiritual power.
Mundane
In subcultural and fictional uses, a mundane is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of that group; the implication is that such persons, lacking imagination, are concerned solely with the mundane: the quotidian and ordinary. The term first came into use in science fiction fandom to refer, sometimes deprecatingly, to non-fans; this use of the term antedates 1955.
Spiritual
Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul
Spiritual guidance.
Spiritual growth.
Mundane
Lacking interest or excitement; dull
His mundane, humdrum existence
Spiritual
Not concerned with material or worldly things
Led a spiritual life.
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Mundane
Of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one
According to the Shinto doctrine, spirits of the dead can act upon the mundane world
Spiritual
Of or belonging to a religion; sacred
Spiritual practices.
Spiritual music.
Mundane
Of, relating to, or typical of this world; secular.
Spiritual
A religious folk song of African American origin.
Mundane
Relating to, characteristic of, or concerned with commonplaces; ordinary.
Spiritual
A work composed in imitation of such a song.
Mundane
Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
Spiritual
Often spirituals Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters.
Mundane
Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
Spiritual
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
Mundane
Ordinary; not new.
Spiritual
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Mundane
Tedious; repetitive and boring.
Spiritual
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
Mundane
An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
Spiritual
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
A spiritual substance or being
Mundane
A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
Spiritual
Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Mundane
A person who is not a Satanist.
Spiritual
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
The spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation
Mundane
The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
Spiritual
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
Mundane
Of or pertaining to the world; worldly, as contrasted with heavenly; earthly; terrestrial; as, the mundane sphere; mundane concerns.
The defilement of mundane passions.
Spiritual
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.
Mundane
Commonplace; ordinary; banal.
Spiritual
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
Mundane
Found in the ordinary course of events;
A placid everyday scene
It was a routine day
There's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute
Spiritual
Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
Mundane
Concerned with the world or worldly matters;
Mundane affairs
He developed an immense terrestrial practicality
Spiritual
Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
God's law is spiritual; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.
Mundane
Belonging to this earth or world; not ideal or heavenly;
Not a fairy palace; yet a mundane wonder of unimagined kind
So terrene a being as himself
Spiritual
Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; - opposed to carnal.
That I may impart unto you some spiritual gift.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings.
If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one.
Spiritual
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
Spiritual
A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.
Spiritual
A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
Spiritual
Concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church;
Religious texts
A nenber if a religious order
Lords temporal and spiritual
Spiritual leaders
Spiritual songs
Spiritual
Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul;
A spiritual approach to life
Spiritual fulfillment
Spiritual values
Unearthly love
Spiritual
Lacking material body or form or substance;
Spiritual beings
The vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm
Spiritual
Like or being a phantom;
A ghostly face at the window
A phantasmal presence in the room
Spectral emanations
Spiritual tappings at a seance
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