soul
7 definitions found
soul - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Soul \Soul\, n. [OE. soule, saule, AS. s[=a]wel, s[=a]wl; akin
to OFries. s?le, OS. s?ola, D. ziel, G. seele, OHG. s?la,
s?ula, Icel. s[=a]la, Sw. sj[aum]l, Dan. siael, Goth.
saiwala; of uncertain origin, perhaps akin to L. saeculum a
lifetime, age (cf. Secular.)]
1. The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that
part of man which enables him to think, and which renders
him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in
distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the
so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the
sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the
voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in
distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of
man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from
intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the
understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished
from feeling. In a more general sense, "an animating,
separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual
personal existence." --Tylor.
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The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when
our bodily eyes are closing. --Law.
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2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action;
the animating or essential part. "The hidden soul of
harmony." --Milton.
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Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul.
--Milton.
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3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart;
as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul
of his army.
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He is the very soul of bounty! --Shak.
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4. Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other
noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent
power or goodness.
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That he wants algebra he must confess;
But not a soul to give our arms success. --Young.
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5. A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation,
usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.
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As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news
from a far country. --Prov. xxv.
25.
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God forbid so many simple souls
Should perish by the sword! --Shak.
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Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul). --Cowper.
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6. A pure or disembodied spirit.
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That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven
Shall bend the knee. --Milton.
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7. A perceived shared community and awareness among
African-Americans.
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8. Soul music.
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Note: Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds,
most of which are of obvious signification; as,
soul-betraying, soul-consuming, soul-destroying,
soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul-exalting,
soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing,
soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring,
soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc.
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Syn: Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor.
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Cure of souls. See Cure, n., 2.
Soul bell, the passing bell. --Bp. Hall.
Soul foot. See Soul scot, below. [Obs.]
Soul scot or
Soul shot. [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. s[=a]welsceat.]
(O. Eccl. Law) A funeral duty paid in former times for a
requiem for the soul. --Ayliffe.
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Soul \Soul\ (s[=o]l), a.
Sole. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Soul \Soul\, v. i. [F. so[^u]ler to satiate. See Soil to
feed.]
To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.] --Warner.
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Soul \Soul\ (s[=o]l), v. t.
To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
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soul \soul\ (s[=o]l), a.
By or for African-Americans, or characteristic of their
culture; as, soul music; soul newspapers; soul food.
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soul - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
soul
n 1: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an
individual life [syn: soul, psyche]
2: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
[syn: person, individual, someone, somebody,
mortal, soul]
3: deep feeling or emotion [syn: soul, soulfulness]
4: the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
5: a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre
in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant
during the Civil Rights movement"
soul - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
275 Moby Thesaurus words for "soul":
Adamite, Geist, Muse, afflatus, an existence, anima, anima humana,
animating force, animus, ardency, ardor, article, astral body,
atman, axiom, ba, bathmism, beating heart, being, biological clock,
biorhythm, blood, body, bones, bosom, breast, breath,
breath of life, buddhi, cat, center, center of life, chap,
character, conscience, core, creative thought, creativity,
creature, critter, customer, daemon, daimonion, deepest recesses,
demon, differentiation, differentness, distillate, distillation,
distinctiveness, divine afflatus, divine breath, divine spark,
duck, dynamism, earthling, ecstasy, ego, egohood, elan vital,
elixir, embodiment, emotion, energy, entelechy, entity,
esoteric reality, esprit, essence, essence of life, essential,
excitement, fabric, feeling, fellow, fervency, fervidness, fervor,
fire, fire of genius, flower, focus, force, force of life,
fundamental, furor, fury, genius, gist, gravamen, gross body,
groundling, growth force, gusto, guts, guy, hand, head, heart,
heart of hearts, heartbeat, heartblood, heartiness, heartstrings,
heat, homo, human, human being, human factor, hypostasis, identity,
impassionedness, impulse of life, incarnation, individual,
individualism, individuality, inmost heart, inmost soul, inner,
inner essence, inner landscape, inner life, inner man,
inner nature, inner recess, inner self, innermost being, inside,
inspiration, inspiriting force, integer, integrity, intellect,
interior, interior man, intern, internal, intrados, inward, item,
jiva, jivatma, joker, kama, kernel, khu, life, life breath,
life cycle, life essence, life force, life principle, life process,
lifeblood, linga sharira, liveliness, living force, living soul,
man, manas, manes, marrow, material, matter, meat, medium, mind,
module, monad, mortal, nephesh, nerve center, nominalism,
nonconformity, nose, noumenon, nub, nucleus, nuts and bolts,
object, one, oneness, organism, particularism, particularity,
party, passion, passionateness, penetralia, person, persona,
personage, personal equation, personal identity, personality,
personification, personship, physical body, pith, pneuma, point,
postulate, prana, principle, principle of desire, psyche, purusha,
quick, quid, quiddity, quintessence, reason, recesses, relish,
ruach, sap, savor, seat of life, secret heart, secret place,
secret places, self-identity, selfhood, selfness, sentiment, shade,
shadow, sincerity, single, singleton, singularity, somebody,
someone, something, spark of life, spirit, spiritual being,
spiritus, sthula sharira, stuff, substance, sum and substance,
talent, tellurian, terran, the nitty-gritty, the self, thing,
true being, true inwardness, typification, uniqueness, unit,
vehemence, verve, vis vitae, vis vitalis, viscera, vital center,
vital energy, vital flame, vital fluid, vital force,
vital principle, vital spark, vital spirit, vitality, vitals,
vivacity, warmth, warmth of feeling, woman, worldling, zeal
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