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
The pneuma passes from the heart to the arteries.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by James Sands Elliott
The pneuma, or spirit, was in their opinion the cause of health and of disease.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by James Sands Elliott
