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Spiritual vs Mystic - What's the difference?

spiritual | mystic |

As nouns the difference between spiritual and mystic

is that spiritual is (christianity|historical) a member of a branch of the franciscan order who advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property while mystic is someone who practices mysticism.

As an adjective mystic is

of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.

spiritual

English

Alternative forms

* spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuall

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
    • Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
  • * Sir Thomas Browne
    • God's law is spiritual ; it is a transcript of the divine nature, and extends its authority to the acts of the soul of man.
  • Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
  • Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
  • Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
    • a spiritual substance or being
  • * Bible, 1. Corinthians xv. 44
    • It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
  • Of or relating to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
  • (Christianity) Controlled and inspired by the Holy Spirit; pure; holy.
  • * Bible, Gal. vi. 1
    • If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual , restore such an one.
  • Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
    • the spiritual''' functions of the clergy; lords '''spiritual''' and temporal; a '''spiritual corporation

    Derived terms

    * antispiritual * antispiritualism * antispirituality * spiritual desertion * spiritualism * spiritualist * spirituality * spiritually

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
  • Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
    • He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals , and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.

    mystic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * mystick (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, or relating to mystics, mysticism or occult mysteries; mystical.
    • a mystic dance
  • Mysterious and strange; arcane, obscure or enigmatic.
  • * Emerson
    • Heaven's numerous hierarchy span / The mystic gulf from God to man.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone who practices mysticism.

    • Related terms

    * mysterious * mystery * mystical * mysticism * mystify * mystique

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