spīrĭtālis or spīrĭtŭālis (the MSS. vary between the two forms), e, adj. [spiritus].
I Of or belonging to breathing , to wind , or to air (post-Aug.): machinarum genus spiritale, quod apud eos (Graecos) πνευματικόν appellatur, a kind of wind-instrument , Vitr. 10, 1: partes pulmonis, Veg. 5, 75, 1: fistula, an air-passage , Lact. Opif. Dei, 11: arteriae, Arn. 3, 108.—
II Of or belonging to spirit , spiritual (eccl. Lat.): substantiae quaedam, Tert. Apol. 22: bellum, id. adv. Marc. 4, 20: si spiritali lacte pectus irriges, Prud. στεφ. 10, 13; Vulg. Gal. 6, 1; id. 1 Cor. 15, 44.—Hence, adv.: spīrĭtālĭter ( spīrĭtŭāl- ), spiritually : caro spiritaliter mundatur, Tert. Paptism. 4 fin. , Vulg. 1 Cor. 2, 14; id. Apoc. 11, 8.