(n.) 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."
(n.) The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.
(n.) The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.
(n.) Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness.
(n.) A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.
(n.) A pure or disembodied spirit.
(v. t.) To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.
Example Sentences:
(1) Some parents are blessed with a soul that lights up every time their little precious brings them a carefully crafted portrait or home-made greetings card.
(2) When the election comes, we won’t be campaigning for a coalition... ...we will be fighting heart and soul for a majority Conservative Government – because that is what our country needs.
(3) Much less obvious – except in the fictional domain of the C Thomas Howell film Soul Man – is why someone would want to “pass” in the other direction and voluntarily take on the weight of racial oppression.
(4) I approached the public inquiry after much soul-searching, weighing up the ramifications of "rocking the boat" with the potential longer-term gains of a more robust and sustainable regulator.
(5) "They are soul-less creatures pandering to the NRA ."
(6) Bloody odd combination but those Orange Foam Headphones would blast those magnificent records into my developing brain over and over again" chernypyos – Björk's Human Behavior and Sinead O'Connor's Fire On Babylon: "bjork's 'human behavior' and sinead o'connor's "fire on babylon" oddly stick in my head from that one evening walking in the woods, breathing the damp air, and feeling pleasantly invisible" Pyromancer – REM – Automatic for the People Blood Sugar Sex Magic Pearl Jam - Vs RATM's first album Portishead Maxinquaye by Tricky Manic Street Preachers – Gold Against the Soul Smashing Pumpkins, Siamese Dream "I used to go to the local library and take out a CD (50p for 3 weeks!
(7) This week, after much soul-searching, she is packing up her house to move to Shropshire so that “my mum can look after me”.
(8) It rips at our souls every single time we look the results,” said Winters, who was paid $12.8m, including a $10m buy-out award .
(9) Despite the spring-heeled bounce in their hair-raising hardcore storm – and their productive affair with Funkmaster George Clinton – the Peppers’ soul stew remains predominantly, ragingly punky.
(10) His collection of poems Beware Soul Brother (1971) and the volume of short stories Girls at War and Other Stories (1972) drew on the experiences of the war.
(11) London's future-soul act Jungle are new at No 7, with another big chart entry for the classic metal act Judas Priest.
(12) Civilised yet unsubdued, it serves as a visual analogy for the soul of man under socialism.
(13) Her work has taught her not only about people’s capacity for survival, she says, but also about the darkness of the human soul.
(14) The 32 dead souls ringing the Dr Strangelove war room of the NFL ownership meeting interrupt their Randroid tongue-bathing only to squeal like scalded truffle pigs at the thought of any power devolving to the actual people whose ability, knowledge and gameplay make the NFL worth watching in the first place.
(15) I was astonished as politics had never played a part in my time as a governor, but after some soul searching over the weekend and not wishing to cause the school any further issues I tendered my resignation, which she accepted.” Eskdale School said it did not wish to comment on the matter, but the remaining governors are investigating the circumstances surrounding Ward’s resignation.
(16) Saying Robinson’s death made him heartsick, Reverend Alexander Gee Jr, pastor of the Fountain of Life church, recommended a soul-searching analysis.
(17) Warm words from Obama for Biden leave door open for support for 2016 run Read more The US vice-president, in a conference call with Democratic National Committee members, said he was trying to decide whether he could give “my whole heart and my whole soul” to a run for the White House, but also alluded to the burden that had been placed on his family by the death of his son, Beau Biden .
(18) She said she was sorry that she would not see the “great lives” her children would make for themselves, adding: “But if you have a little spirituality you must believe I will be watching.” Bellingham continued: “Hopefully, I have taught you to aspire to things in life and it isn’t all about money - it is what is in your soul.” Referring to her decision end chemotherapy, Bellingham said: “I know you boys will feel upset and probably cross and go through a cross part with me but you have to respect my decision.
(19) It’s all well and good standing in a gallery and stroking your chin, but if you cast your eyes to the left and summon the concentration it takes to read the little rectangle of artistic blurb next to it, all of that context and explanation really helps transform that weird bit of twisted wire your kid could make into something deep and primal pulled from the soul.
(20) In some fundamental way, the company believed she held the keys to their soul.
Spiritual
Definition:
(a.) Consisting of spirit; not material; incorporeal; as, a spiritual substance or being.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the intellectual and higher endowments of the mind; mental; intellectual.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the moral feelings or states of the soul, as distinguished from the external actions; reaching and affecting the spirits.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the soul or its affections as influenced by the Spirit; controlled and inspired by the divine Spirit; proceeding from the Holy Spirit; pure; holy; divine; heavenly-minded; -- opposed to carnal.
(a.) Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things; ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation.
(n.) A spiritual function, office, or affair. See Spirituality, 2.
Example Sentences:
(1) She is not: "Religion has nothing to do with spirituality."
(2) In turn, nursing strategies that are selected as a result of such theoretically based assessments are likely to be effective in preventing spiritual distress.
(3) It begins with the origins of treatment in the self-help temperance movement of the 1830s and 1840s and the founding of the first inebriate homes, tracing in the United States the transformation of these small, private, spiritually inclined programs into the medically dominated, quasipublic inebriate asylums of the late 19th century.
(4) Only recently has the spiritual aspect of care received attention in our professional literature.
(5) Mahler's Second Symphony - that song of love, renewal, and spiritual growth that Abbado has been singing for more than 40 years.
(6) Participant observation among white, middle class spiritual healing groups in the Baltimore area (1981-1983) revealed distinct sociocultural and interpersonal patterns of action and influence among two types of groups found.
(7) He called for care for the environment to be added to the seven spiritual works of mercy outlined in the Gospel that the faithful are asked to perform throughout the pope’s year of mercy in 2016.
(8) This article presents a conceptualization of health as consisting of social, mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical components; a conceptualization of wellness as the integration of these components; and a conceptualization of high-level wellness as the balance of these components.
(9) Caring for persons with AIDS calls upon a range of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual interventions that, in the absence of a cure, can make a palpable difference for patients.
(10) Aristotle clearly regarded this as a spiritual development also.
(11) I relate this clinical observation to the idea of non-attachment as found in spiritual tradition, and I draw on the work of Bion and Matte Blanco to locate these ideas within psychoanalytic theory.
(12) The two reformists Mr Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi have sought to portray themselves as the true heirs of the Islamic revolution's spiritual leader, the late Ayatollah Khomeini, but this tactic has since worn thin and Khomeini's successor Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stepped up his drive to paint Mousavi and Karroubi as western-run heretics.
(13) Today George Avakian, the jazz producer who befriended both of them, believes: “The session in which she did A Sailboat in the Moonlight is really the one that expresses their closeness musically and spiritually more than any other.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Holiday admitted she wanted to sing in the style that Young improvised, while he often studied the lyrics before playing a song.
(14) We are a nation in a state of transition, and, whatever you believe about the spiritual dimension of Mount Kinabalu, it’s important for all Malaysians that tourists treat us with respect.
(15) Some of this stems from confusing spirituality with religion.
(16) Thanksgiving this year should be a worldwide celebration to honor the water protectors and recognize the spiritual battle that has sustained us since the arrival of Columbus,” said Cheryl Angel, a Sicangu Lakota.
(17) However, mainstream spiritual leaders have denied that the practice stems from religion.
(18) By the beginning of the 1960s the American press began to see Salinger's refusal to engage with the public as a provocation, while critics became increasingly impatient with the spiritual worries of the Glass family.
(19) The cross-gender status of the acaults is sanctioned by their spiritual marriage to Manguedon.
(20) They are regarded as symbols of the spiritual environment.