Soul

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Dictionary Definition

The immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life[1]

The principle of life in humans or animals; animate existence. The principle of thought and action in a person, regarded as an entity distinct from the body; a person’s spiritual as opp. to corporeal nature. The spiritual part of a human being considered in its moral aspect or in relation to God and his precepts, spec. regarded as immortal and as being capable of redemption or damnation in a future state. The disembodied spirit of a dead person, regarded as invested with some degree of personality and form. The seat of the emotions or sentiments; the emotional part of human nature.[2]

Notes

  1. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soul
  2. Oxford Dictionary
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