(Christianity, historical) A member of a branch of the Franciscan order that advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.

Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul. / Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred. / Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural. / Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.

A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song. / Any spiritual function, office, or affair.

(philosophy) A doctrine, opposing materialism, that claims transcendency of the divine being, the altogether spiritual character of reality and the value of inwardness of consciousness.

A belief that spirits of the dead have both the ability and the inclination to communicate with the living, providing useful knowledge about moral and ethical issues, as well as about the nature of God.

plural of spiritualism

To make spiritual; to invoke spirituality. / To refine intellectually or morally; to purify from the corrupting influence of the world; to give a spiritual character or tendency to.

simple past tense and past participle of spiritualize

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spiritualize

present participle of spiritualize