transcendental
adjective/ˌtrænsenˈdentl/
/ˌtrænsenˈdentl/
[usually before noun]- going beyond the usual limits of human knowledge, experience or reason, especially in a religious or spiritual way
- a transcendental experience
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTranscendental is used with these nouns:- meditation
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from medieval Latin transcendentalis, from the verb transcendere, from trans- ‘across’ + scandere ‘climb’.Definitions on the go
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