Spiritual vs Paranormal - What's the difference?

As a noun spiritual

is (christianity|historical) a member of a branch of the franciscan order who advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.

that cannot be explained by scientific methods.

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

(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

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

(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.