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a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"

deep feeling or emotion

a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"

deep feeling or emotion

Sole.

To afford suitable sustenance.

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.

To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind.

Sole.

The spiritual nature of man.

The vital principle; essence or life of anything.

Nobleness; generosity.

The spiritual and immortal part in man; the essential part of a person's identity; that part of man's nature where feelings, ideals, and morals center; the necessary or central part of anything; as, the soul of art; a person who leads and inspires; as, the soul of the company; any trait which indicates a noble nature, such as courage; a person; as, not a soul was there.

That part of man which thinks, feels, desires, etc.: the seat of life and intellect: life: essence: internal power: energy or grandeur of mind: a human being, a person.

The spiritual part of man; life; essence; magnanimity; a person.

n. [Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic] The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man ;-sometimes, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, in distinction from intellect ;-sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding;-the seat of real life or vitality ; the animating or essential part ;-spirit ; essence ;- courage; fire;-generosity; nobleness of mind;-heart; affection ;-a living or intelligent being ;-a human being; a person; a man;-a pure or disembodied spirit; -also, a familiar name for a person, with a qualifying adjective.