Definition of soul

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Soul (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 fr

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Preexistence :: Preexistence (n.) Existence of the soul before its union with the body; -- a doctrine held by certain philosophers.
Soul :: Soul (n.) The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.
High-souled :: High-souled (a.) Having a high or noble spirit; honorable.
Vampire :: Vampire (n.) A blood-sucking ghost; a soul of a dead person superstitiously believed to come from the grave and wander about by night sucking the blood of persons asleep, thus causing their death. This superstition is now prevalent in parts of Eastern Europe, and was especially current in Hungary about the year 1730..
Psychal :: Psychal (a.) Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical.
Transmigration :: Transmigration (n.) The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.
Tabernacle :: Tabernacle (n.) Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul..
All Souls' Day :: All Souls' Day () The second day of November; a feast day of the Roman Catholic church, on which supplications are made for the souls of the faithful dead..
Whole-souled :: Whole-souled (a.) Thoroughly imbued with a right spirit; noble-minded; devoted.
Soul :: Soul (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..
Immortality :: Immortality (n.) The quality or state of being immortal; exemption from death and annihilation; unending existance; as, the immortality of the soul..
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..
Enthusiasm :: Enthusiasm (n.) Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm..
Beadroll :: Beadroll (n.) A catalogue of persons, for the rest of whose souls a certain number of prayers are to be said or counted off on the beads of a chaplet; hence, a catalogue in general..
Power :: Power (n.) Mental or moral ability to act; one of the faculties which are possessed by the mind or soul; as, the power of thinking, reasoning, judging, willing, fearing, hoping, etc..
Bidding Prayer :: Bidding prayer () The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon..
Psychical :: Psychical (a.) Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living principle in man..
Inferiae :: Inferiae (n. pl.) Sacrifices offered to the souls of deceased heroes or friends.
Worldling :: Worldling () A person whose soul is set upon gaining temporal possessions; one devoted to this world and its enjoyments.
Physician :: Physician (n.) Hence, figuratively, one who ministers to moral diseases; as, a physician of the soul..
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