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πνευματικός — meaning in English

pnevmatikos

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English meaning

  • confessor noun A priest who hears people's confessions and grants absolution.
  • ghostly adjective Resembling or suggestive of a ghost; eerie and pale.
  • mental adj Relating to the mind, thinking, or intellectual activity, rather than the body.
  • spiritual adjective Relating to the soul, religion, or matters beyond the physical world.

Senses

πνευματικός is used for these senses in English:

  • confessor (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A priest who hears confession and then gives absolution.
  • ghostly Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
  • mental (relational) Of or relating to the mind or specifically the total emotional and intellectual response of an individual to external reality.
  • spiritual Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul.

confessor — full definition

  1. noun A priest who hears people's confessions and grants absolution.
  2. noun Someone who admits to something, or who acts as a trusted listener for others' secrets.

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