spiritual
英 ['spɪrɪtʃʊəl; -tjʊəl]
美 ['spɪrɪtʃʊəl]
語源
精神、魂、心spirit、精神、魂、-al、形容詞接尾辞。
英語の語源
- spiritual (adj.)
- c. 1300, "of or concerning the spirit" (especially in religious aspects), from Old French spirituel, esperituel (12c.) or directly from a Medieval Latin ecclesiastical use of Latin spiritualis "of or pertaining to breath, breathing, wind, or air; pertaining to spirit," from spiritus "of breathing, of the spirit" (see spirit (n.)). Meaning "of or concerning the church" is attested from mid-14c. Related: Spiritually. An Old English word for "spiritual" was godcundlic.
In avibus intellige studia spiritualia, in animalibus exercitia corporalia [Richard of St. Victoror (1110-1173): "Watch birds to understand how spiritual things move, animals to understand physical motion." - E.P.]
- spiritual (n.)
- "African-American religious song," 1866, from spiritual (adj.). Earlier "a spiritual thing" (1660s).
例文
- 1. Chen was an initiate of a Chinese spiritual discipline.
- 陳はある中国の神学分野の新入門者である。
- 2.The spiritual leader charged that the book blasphemed against Islam.
- 宗教指導者はこの本がイスラム教を冒涜していると非難した。
- 3.Waite spent his life on a spiritual quest.
- Wettは生涯を通じて精神探索を行ってきた。/
- 4.A man in priestly clothes offered spiritual guidance.
- 牧師のガウンを着た男が宗教的な布道を行った。
- 5.a spiritual that segued into a singalong chorus
- 会衆が一緒に歌ってくれる霊歌