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spiritual domain

spiritual domain

7.6
A world beyond the physical where a spirit or higher power acts
  • noun
translation icon : dominio espiritual
  • Exploring the spiritual domain can lead to a greater understanding of one’s beliefs and values.

Examples

  • Meditation often helps individuals connect with their spiritual domain for deeper personal insight.

  • Encouraging physical educators to activate students' spiritual development so they connect to what is meaningful and sacred in their lives, understand why, and become more holistically united, intimate, and enlightened about their purpose in life may address the curricular void in relation to the spiritual domain.

    Academic text (2009)

  • Many people find peace and solace in the spiritual domain during times of hardship.

Synonyms

spirit world
vsspiritual domain
  • Literature
19 7.9

A place where spirits like ghosts, angels, or ancestors live

focuses on being governed or influenced by a divine spirit or power
spiritual world
vsspiritual domain
3 6.9

A place beyond the life we can see and touch where gods and unseen beings live

emphasizes belief in that realm rather than describing the realm itself
otherworldliness
vsspiritual domain
  • Literature
1 9.9

Being more interested in spiritual or mysterious things than in everyday life

expresses belief in a realm governed or influenced by supernatural power

How Spiritual

heaven
941 1.1
spiritual domain
7.6

Surface Forms

spiritual domain singular
spiritual domains plural

Morphology

spiritual + domain

The meaning 'a realm related to spiritual or religious matters' is directly compositional from 'spiritual' (pertaining to immaterial or religious matters) + 'domain' (an area or sphere), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE meaning. This adjective+noun combination follows standard semantic combination and is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'ámbito espiritual', French 'domaine spirituel'), making it readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Spiritual domain may come from the image of a hidden 'area' ruled by a spirit. Because spiritual means about 'spirit' and domain means a 'place' someone rules, the phrase now means a world beyond the everyday 'physical world'.