Spiritual, Religious

spiritual  /sprtul/  (spirituals)

1. ADJ
Spiritual means relating to people's thoughts and beliefs, rather than to their bodies and physical surroundings.
    She lived entirely by spiritual values, in a world of poetry and imagination.
    temporal   

spiritually ADV
    Our whole programme is spiritually oriented but not religious.

spirituality N-UNCOUNT
    the peaceful spirituality of Japanese culture.

2. ADJ
Spiritual means relating to people's religious beliefs.
    The spiritual leader of Ireland's 3.7 million Catholics.
    religious       secular   

3. N-COUNT
A spiritual is a religious song of the type originally sung by black slaves in America.


religious  /rlds/

1. ADJ : ADJ n
You use religious to describe things that are connected with religion or with one particular religion.
    religious groups.
    different religious beliefs.

religiously ADV : usu ADV adj/adv, ADV -ed
    India has always been one of the most religiously diverse countries.

2. ADJ
Someone who is religious has a strong belief in a god or gods.
    They are both very religious and felt it was a gift from God.

3.   see also  religiously