soul
/soʊl/ noun B1- The spirit or essence of a person usually thought to consist of one's thoughts and personality, often believed to live on after the person's death.
- The spirit or essence of anything.
- Life, energy, vigor.
- Cultural consciousness and pride among people of African American heritage.
- A strong positive feeling of intense sensitivity and emotional fervor conveyed especially by African American performers.
- Soul music.
- A person, especially as one among many.
- An individual life. · Fifty souls were lost when the ship sank.
Plural souls
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She came out of her reverie with a deep sigh and looked at him with the dreamy gaze of a soul that had been wondering afar, star-led.
Anne could evidently be smart to some purpose for she was down-stairs in ten minutes’ time, with her clothes neatly on, her hair brushed and braided, her face washed, and a comfortable consciousness pervading her soul that she had fulfilled all Marilla’s requirements.
Leaving this Parthian shaft to rankle in Anne’s stormy bosom, Marilla descended to the kitchen, grievously troubled in mind and vexed in soul.
Do you think amethysts can be the souls of good violets?”
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