pneuma
the vital spirit; the soul.
Theology. the Spirit of God; the Holy Ghost.
Origin of pneuma
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So the Greek word pneuma, also translated “spirit,” means precisely the same thing.
The Salem witchcraft, The planchette mystery, and Modern spiritualism | Harriet Beecher StoweMore than fifteen centuries elapsed before this pneuma—oxygen—was discovered by Lavoisier.
Aer may be explained, oti airei ta apo tes ges; or, oti aei rei; or, oti pneuma ex autou ginetai (compare the poetic word aetai).
Cratylus | PlatoThe pneuma and the juice concentrate the power of the plant below so that it becomes denser.
The Legacy of Greece | VariousHe is a man, but a spiritual man, one in whom spirit or pneuma was the essential principle, so that he was spirit as well as man.
The Unseen World and Other Essays | John Fiske
British Dictionary definitions for pneuma
/ (ˈnjuːmə) /
philosophy a person's vital spirit, soul, or creative energy: Compare psyche
Origin of pneuma
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