01 a. Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction…
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Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the spirit.“Pleasing and sensual rites and ceremonies.” — Bacon.“Far as creation's ample range extends, The scale of sensual, mental powers ascends.” — Pope.
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Hence, not spiritual or intellectual; carnal; fleshly; pertaining to, or consisting in, the gratification of the senses, or the indulgence of appetites; wordly.“These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.” — Jude 19.“The greatest part of men are such as prefer . . . that good which is sensual before whatsoever is most divine.” — Hooker.
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Devoted to the pleasures of sense and appetite; luxurious; voluptuous; lewd; libidinous.“No small part of virtue consists in abstaining from that wherein sensual men place their felicity.” — Atterbury.
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Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of sensualism.