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Synonyms for spirit

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for spirit

the vital principle or animating force within living beings

the essential being of a person, regarded as immaterial and immortal

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a temporary state of mind or feeling

a prevailing quality, as of thought, behavior, or attitude

to bring in or take out secretly

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spirit away: to seize and detain (a person) unlawfully

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Synonyms for spirit

the vital principle or animating force within living things

the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

a fundamental emotional and activating principle determining one's character

the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection)

the intended meaning of a communication

an inclination or tendency of a certain kind

Synonyms

infuse with spirit

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Yet wherever there is a visible connection to creative, life producing or invigorating doing, ruah is feminine without exception.
En 11 emisoras localizamos personal docente e investigador (PDI), algunos de ellos con reconocimiento en numero de horas y otros sin ningun tipo de ventaja, y en las otras 2, son alumnos o egresados los encargados de la emisora, una de ellas es ruah Alcala, que depende de organos estudiantiles, y la otra UniRadio Huelva, en epoca de transicion, ya que esta emisora llego a contar con cinco personas en plantilla, entre contratados y becados.
In the late 1980s, during a wave of arson forest fires attributed to Arab militants, Mordechai Ruah, head of the JNF Forestry Department, said, "When I go into a forest and see a burnt tree, I actually hear it crying ...
(48.) For Christians, three represents the Trinity; for Jews, the three parts of the soul: neshama, nefesh, and ruah.
Yet not only is Ezekiel commanded to go and prophesy, to do the very thing that will make him unclean, but the message he speaks is how through "breath" (ruah: spirit, breath) the Lord will bring new life to the unclean (37:9).
Thus for Hasidism and other Kabbalistic teachings, there is a higher spirituality, meaning that you have the base, fundamental materialism, the substance which is called "goof", and then there is a higher level which is today called, "roohaneeoot" from "ruah"--spirit.
Protagonistas: Ajuntamento das Tribos (RJ), Avalanche (ES), Manifesto Missoes Urbanas (MG), Vineyard/Sexxx Church (SP), ZOE (TO), Sabaoth (AC), Verbalizando (RJ), Underfaith (SP); bandas Oficina G-3 (SP), Zebulom (AC), Arnion (GO), Krig (MG), Sentido Oposto (RJ), Pingo d'agua (RJ), Metanoia Worship (RJ), Ruah Jah (RJ), Doxologia (RJ), Vox (ES), Trino (ES), Desertor (PR), Sangue Inocente (SP), DJ Alpiste (SP), Apocalipse XVI (SP), Mano Reco (SP), Ministerio Efeso (SP); lideres Claudio Tiberius (SP), Olgalvaro Junior (MG), Diniz (ES), Evandro Sudre (SP), Marcos Ribeiro (RJ).
Thus the word for "holy spirit" in the liturgy is "ruah," the original Aramaic term, often used in the chant, while the priest assisting the bishop, or the "Metropolitan," swings an ornate brass incense holder during the service, which lasts two hours as the congregation stands during the entire length of it.
(Cert 12, 119 mins, Momentum Pictures Home Entertainment, War/Action/Drama/Romance, also available to buy DVD/Blu-ray PS15.99) Starring: Nate Parker, David Oyelowo, Tristan Wilds, Elijah Kelley, Ne-Yo, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr, Bryan Cranston, Lee Tergesen, Daniela Ruah.
au point de ...) 2.1 --Par analogie, on identifie <<souffle>>, <<respiration>> a <<vie>>, concept qui en est l'holonyme: ruah --souffle, haleine, respiration; colere; air, vent --principe de la vie, ame, vie; passion, courage, volonte; esprit napah --souffler --rendre l'ame napah Hiph.
Meanwhile, Joe's Italian sweetheart Sofia (Daniela Ruah) nervously awaits her lover's return.
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The Hebrew terms, for instance, nefesh (its Arab cognate > Indonesian napas) neshamah and ruah (its Arab cognate > Indonesian rob) originally referred to "wind" and later adopted the meaning of [right arrow] "SEIC." Sanskrit atman, Greek pneuma, psyche, Latin spiritus, animus and anima originally also referred to "breath," "air," or "wind," before they developed into [right arrow] "dream egos" and finally adopted the function of [right arrow] "SEIC." It is because of the conceptualization of dream egos as "persons," their being ascribed their own "personality," that they are gradually associated with emotions, intellect and characteristic behavior and finally become "SEICs" themselves.