spiritual

spirituel

Qui concerne l’âme, les sentiments profonds et le sens qu’on donne à la vie.

En anglais simple : 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.

Contraires : material, physical

Expressions courantes : spiritual growth, spiritual needs, spiritual journey, spiritual wellbeing

spirituel, religieux

Qui concerne Dieu, les croyances religieuses ou le culte.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : religious, sacred

Contraires : secular

Expressions courantes : spiritual leader, spiritual guidance, spiritual life, spiritual experience

surnaturel, spirituel

Qui concerne les esprits ou des forces dépassant le monde matériel ordinaire.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : supernatural, otherworldly

Expressions courantes : spiritual world, spiritual realm, spiritual forces, spiritual presence

immatériel, incorporel

Qui existe sous forme d’esprit, sans corps ni forme matérielle.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : immaterial, incorporeal, bodiless

Contraires : material, physical

Expressions courantes : spiritual being, spiritual substance, purely spiritual

intellectuel, mental

Qui concerne l’esprit et sa capacité à penser et à comprendre.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : mental, intellectual

Contraires : physical

Expressions courantes : spiritual faculties, spiritual development, spiritual powers

ecclésiastique, spirituel

Qui concerne les fonctions ou l’autorité de l’Église, plutôt que le gouvernement ou les affaires du monde.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : ecclesiastical, church

Contraires : temporal, secular

Expressions courantes : spiritual authority, spiritual duties, lords spiritual

spiritual, chant spirituel

Chant chrétien traditionnel, notamment issu de la tradition musicale des Noirs américains.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : traditional spiritual, sing a spiritual, old spiritual

affaire religieuse

Devoir, fonction ou question religieuse, généralement évoqué avec d’autres affaires de l’Église.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : religious affair

Expressions courantes : the spirituals, church spirituals