Transcendence vs Spiritual - What's the difference?
transcendence | spiritual |
(countable) the act of surpassing usual limits
(uncountable) the state of being beyond the range of normal perception
(uncountable) the state of being free from the constraints of the material world, as in the case of a deity
superior excellence; supereminence
* A. V. G. Allen
Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.
* Sir Thomas Browne
Of or pertaining to God or a place of worship; sacred.
Of or pertaining to spirits; supernatural.
Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal.
* Bible, 1. Corinthians xv. 44
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
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical.
A Christian religious song, especially one in an African-American style, or a similar non-religious song.
Any spiritual function, office, or affair.
As nouns the difference between transcendence and spiritual
is that transcendence is (countable) the act of surpassing usual limits while spiritual is (christianity|historical) a member of a branch of the franciscan order who advocated simple dress and renounced the owning of property.transcendence
English
Noun
- The Augustinian theology rests upon the transcendence of Deity at its controlling principle.
Antonyms
* immanencespiritual
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Alternative forms
* spirituall, spirytual, spirytuall, spyritual, spyrituall, spyrytual, spyrytuallAdjective
(en adjective)- Respect towards ancestors is an essential part of Thai spiritual practice.
- 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.
- a spiritual substance or being
- It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.
- If a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual , restore such an one.
- the spiritual''' functions of the clergy; lords '''spiritual''' and temporal; a '''spiritual corporation
Derived terms
* antispiritual * antispiritualism * antispirituality * spiritual desertion * spiritualism * spiritualist * spirituality * spirituallyNoun
(en noun)- He assigns supremacy to the pope in spirituals , and to the emperor in temporals. — Lowell.