The difference between Spiritual and Worldly
When used as adjectives, spiritual means of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul, whereas worldly means concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
Spiritual is also noun with the meaning: a christian religious song, especially one in an african-american style, or a similar non-religious song.
Worldly is also adverb with the meaning: in a worldly manner.
check bellow for the other definitions of Spiritual and Worldly
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Spiritual as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
Examples:
"Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice."
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Spiritual as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
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Spiritual as an adjective:
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
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Spiritual as an adjective:
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
Examples:
"a spiritual substance or being"
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Spiritual as an adjective:
Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
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Spiritual as an adjective (Christianity):
Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.
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Spiritual as an adjective:
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
Examples:
"the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation"
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Spiritual as a noun:
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
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Spiritual as a noun:
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
Examples:
"He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals, and to the emperor in temporals.'' — Lowell."
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Worldly as an adjective:
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.
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Worldly as an adjective:
Concerned with secular rather than sacred matters.
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Worldly as an adjective:
Sophisticated, especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world.
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Worldly as an adverb:
In a worldly manner.