spiritual

精神的な、霊的な

魂や心の奥の感情、生きる意味に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with your soul, inner feelings, and sense of meaning in life.

• Meditation helps her spiritual wellbeing.
• The journey brought him a sense of spiritual peace.
• They value spiritual growth more than money.

反対語： material, physical

よく使う表現： spiritual growth, spiritual needs, spiritual journey, spiritual wellbeing

宗教的な、霊的な

神や宗教への信仰、礼拝に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with God, religious belief, or worship.

• Prayer is part of her spiritual life.
• They asked their spiritual leader for advice.
• He found spiritual strength in his faith.

類義語： religious, sacred

反対語： secular

よく使う表現： spiritual leader, spiritual guidance, spiritual life, spiritual experience

超自然的な、霊的な

霊や、普通の物質世界を超えた力に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with spirits or powers beyond the ordinary physical world.

• They believe in spiritual forces.
• She claimed to sense a spiritual presence in the room.
• The story describes contact with the spiritual world.

類義語： supernatural, otherworldly

よく使う表現： spiritual world, spiritual realm, spiritual forces, spiritual presence

非物質的な、肉体のない

肉体や物質的な形を持たず、霊として存在する。

やさしい英語で： Existing as a spirit, without a physical body or material form.

• The angel is a spiritual being.
• They described the soul as purely spiritual.
• In this account, spiritual beings have no physical bodies.

類義語： immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless

反対語： material, physical

よく使う表現： spiritual being, spiritual substance, purely spiritual

精神的な、知的な

心の働きや、考えて理解する能力に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with the mind and its ability to think and understand.

• The essay examines our spiritual faculties.
• He called education a means of spiritual development.
• The writer contrasted physical strength with spiritual powers of thought.

類義語： mental, intellectual

反対語： physical

よく使う表現： spiritual faculties, spiritual development, spiritual powers

教会の、宗教上の

政治や世俗の事柄ではなく、教会の務めや権限に関係する。

やさしい英語で： Connected with church duties or authority, rather than ordinary government or worldly matters.

• The bishop holds spiritual authority.
• Priests have spiritual duties within the church.
• The document separates spiritual matters from the business of government.

類義語： ecclesiastical, church

反対語： temporal, secular

よく使う表現： spiritual authority, spiritual duties, lords spiritual

黒人霊歌、スピリチュアル

特にアメリカの黒人の音楽伝統に根ざした、伝統的なキリスト教の歌。

やさしい英語で： A traditional Christian song, especially from the Black American musical tradition.

• The choir sang a spiritual.
• Her concert included several traditional spirituals.
• This spiritual expresses hope for freedom.

よく使う表現： traditional spiritual, sing a spiritual, old spiritual

宗教上の務め、宗教上の事柄

宗教上の務めや役職、事柄。通常、ほかの教会の事柄と併せて扱う。

やさしい英語で： A religious duty, position, or matter, usually discussed together with other church affairs.

• The council discussed the church's spirituals.
• The bishop managed spirituals while others handled money.
• The old document lists spirituals among the duties of the office.

類義語： religious affair

よく使う表現： the spirituals, church spirituals