Material and Spiritual

Material

Material adjective - Relating to or composed of matter.
Usage example: there's no material evidence, such as a dead body, that a murder has been committed

Spiritual is an antonym for material in bodily topic.

Spiritual

Spiritual adjective - Not composed of matter.
Usage example: a staunch skeptic and realist, he scoffs at the very notion of ghosts and other spiritual entities

Material is an antonym for spiritual in nonmaterial topic.

Both words in one sentence

  • Corrupt Church A new ardent is horrified at both the material and spiritual cost, and resolves to do something about it.
  • Theatre / The Merchant of Venice Almost everyone is married and happy, but Shylock has lost everything, both material and spiritual, and Antonio is alone, with his best friend married and living his own life.
  • Mosca is centered on the accumulation of spiritual wealth - words and books, Goshawk is centered on the accumulation of material wealth.
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