Spiritual and Secular

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Spiritual adjective - Of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion.

Usage example: spiritual songs that have been sung by generations of worshippers

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Secular is an antonym for spiritual in material topic.

Secular adjective - Not involving religion or religious matters.

Usage example: that's an issue for the secular authorities, not the church

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Spiritual is an antonym for secular in topics: worldly, religious, not spiritual or religious.

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