\Sen"su*al\, a. [L. sensualis, from sensus sense: cf. F.
sensuel.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Pertaining or peculiar to the philosophical doctrine of
   sensualism.