Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not spiritual; carnal; worldly.
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- adjective Not
spiritual ; lackingmetaphysical significance.
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Examples
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In all ages of the world the unspiritual are the majority, -- the spiritual the exceptions.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 Various
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The spiritualist wishes this only, that the spiritual principle should be suffered to demonstrate itself to the end, in all possible applications to the state of man, without the admission of anything unspiritual, that is, anything positive, dogmatic, or personal.
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As I reflected afresh on contents of this chapter, and the chopstick story both versions, a very "unspiritual" thought came to my mind.
Archive 2010-01-01 Alex Tang 2010
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Re-reading Pagels's putative quotation, you may have noticed that the word "unspiritual" corresponds to nothing in the Latin.
The Gnostic shuffle ... Frank Wilson 2006
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Now, in consequence partly of some inward crisis, partly of revolt against an 'unspiritual' superintendent, he had thrown up mill and
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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A worldly-minded, unspiritual church, when she crosses the ocean to give her witness to peoples of other tongues and other cultures, is sure to bring forth on other shores a Christianity much like her own.
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It was complete showoff--it was very unspiritual and there was nothing worship-y about it at all--but they let us do it.
Mike Ragogna: "We Are Young" and Odd Souls: Chatting With Mutemath's Darren King and fun.'s Andrew Dost Mike Ragogna 2011
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It was complete showoff--it was very unspiritual and there was nothing worship-y about it at all--but they let us do it.
Mike Ragogna: "We Are Young" and Odd Souls: Chatting With Mutemath's Darren King and fun.'s Andrew Dost Mike Ragogna 2011
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People who do spiritual practice but who are not yet enlightened tend to divide their lives between the "spiritual" part and the unspiritual part.
Andrew Z. Cohen: Spiritual Practice Is Spirit Lived Andrew Z. Cohen 2010
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People who do spiritual practice but who are not yet enlightened tend to divide their lives between the "spiritual" part and the unspiritual part.
Andrew Z. Cohen: Spiritual Practice Is Spirit Lived Andrew Z. Cohen 2010
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