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soul
noun [C] (SPIRIT) /soʊl/Definition
› the part of a person that some people believe continues to exist in some form after the body has died, or the part of a person or thing that expresses the basic qualities that make it what it is: May her soul rest in peace. › If you say that someone is the soul of a quality, you mean the person has that quality in a high degree: He is the soul of honor, and would never intentionally try to deceive you.
(Definition of soul noun (SPIRIT) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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