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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

スピリチュアルケア

Pronunciation / Transliteration: supirichuaru kea

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Spiritual support/ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl səˈpɔːrt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"医療現場においてスピリチュアルケアの重要性が高まっています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Encouragement and guidance provided to help someone cope with existential, philosophical, or religious concerns, often during times of crisis or illness.

    "Patients in palliative care frequently request spiritual support from hospital chaplains."
  2. 2

    The comforting backing derived from shared beliefs, religious community, or a sense of connection to a higher power.

    "She found immense spiritual support through her weekly meditation and prayer group."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'spiritual', originating from Latin 'spiritualis' (pertaining to breath or spirit, derived from 'spiritus'), and 'support', from Latin 'supportare' (to bring up, carry, from 'sub-' plus 'portare'). Together in modern lexicon, it denotes emotional, moral, or faith-based reinforcement during times of existential distress.

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