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Meaning of 'soul' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Soul [ a.]
- Sole.
- Sole.
2 . 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 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."
- The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part.
- The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.
- Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness.
- A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.
- A pure or disembodied spirit.
3 . Soul [ v. i.]
- To afford suitable sustenance.
4 . Soul [ v. t.]
- To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.

Meaning of 'soul' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . soul [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s
Example in sentence:
  • soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement
Meaning (2):
- the human embodiment of something
Example in sentence:
  • the soul of honor
Meaning (3):
- a human being
Example in sentence:
  • there was too much for one person to do