pneuma

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A favorite word of his is pneuma: “the breath of life,” in Greek, which he first learned in one of his religion classes.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

We leave the realm of biography and information, and we experience breath, pneuma, life itself.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

What further ballooned the President’s spirits amid the national conflict was the great pneuma of world solidarity.

From New York Times • Aug. 11, 2015

At an early day serpents were much respected; they were thought to have more "pneuma" or spirit than any other living thing and were termed "fiery."

From The Woman's Bible by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Sō′ma, the trunk of an animal: the body as distinguished from the psyche or soul and the pneuma or spirit.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various