Variant or older spelling of spiritual; relating to the spirit or non-material aspects of life.
From Latin spiritualis, derived from spiritus 'breath' or 'spirit'; the -ual suffix denotes quality or relationship.
This spelling shows how modern English simplified the Latin-derived 'espiritual' into 'spiritual'—we dropped the initial 'e' making the word shorter and easier to say!
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