spirit
spirit the non-physical part of a person which is the seat of emotions and character; the soul; such a part regarded as a person's true self and as capable of surviving physical death or separation, or manifested as an apparition after their death; a ghost. The word is recorded in Middle English, and comes via Anglo-Norman French from Latin spiritus ‘breath, spirit’.
Spiritualism is a system of belief or religious practice based on supposed communication with the spirits of the dead, especially through mediums; the word in this sense is recorded from the mid 19th century.
the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak) someone has good intentions but fails to live up to them; with biblical allusion to Matthew 26:41.
the spirit moves me I am inclined to do something, a phrase originally in Quaker use with reference to the Holy Spirit.
Spirit of St Louis the name of the single-engined monoplane in which Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927.
Spiritualism is a system of belief or religious practice based on supposed communication with the spirits of the dead, especially through mediums; the word in this sense is recorded from the mid 19th century.
the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak) someone has good intentions but fails to live up to them; with biblical allusion to Matthew 26:41.
the spirit moves me I am inclined to do something, a phrase originally in Quaker use with reference to the Holy Spirit.
Spirit of St Louis the name of the single-engined monoplane in which Charles Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927.
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