souls
plural of “soul” — the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life
An inflected form of soul · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,114 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,397 times across 155,552 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an individual life also: psyche
- a human being also: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal there was too much for one person to do
- deep feeling or emotion also: soulfulness
- the human embodiment of something the soul of honor
- 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
souls in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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That is the Land of Souls, but no man enters it without leaving his body behind him.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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They hadn't meant to take back the compliment, good simple souls, and didn't know they had done it.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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Wild was the life we led; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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And when the dreary watches Of storm and darkness passed, Just as the wreck lurched under, All souls were saved at last.
Poems Every Child Should Know · Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth) [Editor] Burt · Chapter 1
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And when the dreary watches Of storm and darkness passed, Just as the wreck lurched under, All souls were saved at last.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1