| noun | a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States |
| adjective | concerned with sacred matters or religion or the church “religious texts” |
| adjective | concerned with or affecting the spirit or soul “a spiritual approach to life” |
| adjective | lacking material body or form or substance; ; -Lewis Mumford “spiritual beings” |
| adjective | resembling or characteristic of a phantom “a ghostly face at the window” |
| religiousness | noun | piety by virtue of being devout |
| religion | noun | an institution to express belief in a divine power |
| religiosity | noun | exaggerated or affected piety and religious zeal |
| spirituality | noun | concern with things of the spirit |
| ghost | noun | the visible disembodied soul of a dead person |
| ghostliness | noun | strangeness by virtue of being mysterious and inspiring fear |
| phantasma | noun | a ghostly appearing figure |
| spirit | noun | any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings |