{
    "term": "spiritual",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the human spirit, rather than the body or physical things",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a spiritual experience"
                },
                {
                    "text": "spiritual development"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His music leads us on a **spiritual journey**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the human capacity for spiritual growth"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lack of spiritual values in the modern world"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're concerned about your spiritual welfare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I consider myself to have deep moral and spiritual values."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The colours had an almost spiritual quality."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is a deeply spiritual piece of music."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a truly spiritual experience"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was committed to the welfare, both spiritual and physical, of the men under his command."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many Eastern cultures put spiritual values before material values."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Nurses must respond to the spiritual needs of patients."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be"],
                "adverb": ["deeply", "truly", "very"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "connected with religion",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **spiritual leader**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Father Joubert was their spiritual adviser."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Buddhist spiritual practice"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For Martin Luther, this is the essence of the spiritual life."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Religion and festivals"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the place where you are happiest, especially a country where you feel you belong more than in your own country because you share the ideas and attitudes of the people who live there",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "When she moved to Italy, she knew she'd found her true spiritual home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The first time he visited New Orleans he knew he had found his spiritual home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had always thought of India as my spiritual home."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/",
                "audio": "sp/spiritual/spiritual__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɪrɪtʃuəl/",
                "audio": "sp/spiritual/spiritual__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French spirituel, from Latin spiritualis, from spiritus ‘breath, spirit’, from spirare ‘breathe’."
}