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Spiritual

Of, relating to, consisting of, or having the nature of spirit; not material; supernatural
Spiritual power.

Temporal

Relating to worldly as opposed to spiritual affairs; secular
The Church did not imitate the secular rulers who thought only of temporal gain

Spiritual

Of, concerned with, or affecting the soul
Spiritual guidance.
Spiritual growth.

Temporal

Relating to time
The spatial and temporal dimensions of human interference in complex ecosystems

Spiritual

Not concerned with material or worldly things
Led a spiritual life.

Temporal

Of or situated in the temples of the head
Arterial biopsy usually confirms the diagnosis of temporal arteritis
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Spiritual

Of or belonging to a religion; sacred
Spiritual practices.
Spiritual music.

Temporal

Of, relating to, or limited by time
A temporal dimension.
Temporal and spatial boundaries.

Spiritual

A religious folk song of African American origin.

Temporal

Of or relating to the material world; worldly
The temporal possessions of the Church.

Spiritual

A work composed in imitation of such a song.

Temporal

Lasting only for a time; not eternal; passing
Our temporal existence.
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Spiritual

Often spirituals Religious, spiritual, or ecclesiastical matters.

Temporal

Secular or lay; civil
Lords temporal and spiritual.

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.

Temporal

(Grammar) Expressing time
A temporal adverb.

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred, pure; inspired by the Holy Spirit.

Temporal

Of, relating to, or near the temples of the skull.

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.

Temporal

(relational) Of or relating to the material world, as opposed to sacred or clerical.
Temporal power, temporal courts

Spiritual

Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
A spiritual substance or being

Temporal

(relational) Relating to time:

Spiritual

Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

Temporal

Of limited time, transient, passing, not perpetual, as opposed to eternal.

Spiritual

Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
The spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation

Temporal

Of or relating to time as distinguished from space.

Spiritual

A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.

Temporal

Of or relating to the sequence of time or to a particular time.

Spiritual

Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.

Temporal

(grammar) Relating to or denoting time or tense.

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.

Temporal

Of or situated in the temples of the head or the sides of the skull behind the orbits.

Spiritual

Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.

Temporal

Anything temporal or secular; a temporality.

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.

Temporal

(skeleton) temporal bone

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.

Temporal

(zootomy) Any of a reptile's scales on the side of the head between the parietal and supralabial scales, and behind the postocular scales.

Spiritual

Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.

Temporal

Of or pertaining to the temple or temples; as, the temporal bone; a temporal artery.

Spiritual

A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.

Temporal

Of or pertaining to time, that is, to the present life, or this world; secular, as distinguished from sacred or eternal.
The things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
Is this an hour for temporal affairs?

Spiritual

A kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States

Temporal

Civil or political, as distinguished from ecclesiastical; as, temporal power; temporal courts.

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

Temporal

Anything temporal or secular; a temporality; - used chiefly in the plural.
He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor or temporals.

Spiritual

Concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul;
A spiritual approach to life
Spiritual fulfillment
Spiritual values
Unearthly love

Temporal

The semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

Spiritual

Lacking material body or form or substance;
Spiritual beings
The vital transcendental soul belonging to the spiritual realm

Temporal

Not eternal;
Temporal matters of but fleeting moment

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

Temporal

Of or relating to or limited by time;
Temporal processing
Temporal dimensions
Temporal and spacial boundaries
Music is a temporal art

Temporal

Of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit);
Temporal bone

Temporal

Of the material world;
Temporal possessions of the church

Temporal

Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters;
Lords temporal and spiritual

Temporal

Of this earth or world;
Temporal joys
Our temporal existence

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