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Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit.
Roland Allen

Meaning of "the Spirit" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE SPIRIT

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WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Spirit (comics)

The Spirit is a fictional masked crimefighter created by cartoonist Will Eisner. He first appeared June 2, 1940 in "The Spirit Section", the colloquial name given to a 16-page Sunday supplement, distributed to 20 newspapers by the Register and Tribune Syndicate and reaching five million readers during the 1940s. From the 1960s to 1980s, a handful of new Eisner Spirit stories appeared in Harvey Comics and elsewhere, and Warren Publishing and Kitchen Sink Press variously reprinted the feature in black-and-white comics magazines and in color comic books. In the 1990s and 2000s, Kitchen Sink Press and DC Comics also published new Spirit stories by other writers and artists. The Spirit chronicles the adventures of a masked vigilante who fights crime with the blessing of the city's police commissioner Dolan, an old friend. Despite the Spirit's origin as detective Denny Colt, his real identity was virtually unmentioned again, and for all intents and purposes he was simply "the Spirit".

Definition of the Spirit in the English dictionary

The first definition of the Spirit in the dictionary is God, esp when regarded as transcending material limitations. Other definition of the Spirit is the influence of God or divine things upon the soul. The Spirit is also God or divine substance.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE SPIRIT

the Solent
the Song of Solomon
the Soo Canals
the Sorbonne
the Sound
the south
the South Island
the Southeast
the Southwest
the Spanish
the Sphinx
the spiritual
the spotlight
the squits
the stage
the Stannaries
the Stans
the Star-Spangled Banner
the Stars and Bars
the Stars and Stripes

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE SPIRIT

community spirit
dispirit
evil spirit
familiar spirit
fighting spirit
free spirit
holiday spirit
Holy Spirit
inspirit
kindred spirit
party spirit
pioneer spirit
pioneering spirit
public spirit
rectified spirit
restless spirit
spirit
team spirit
Universal Spirit
white spirit
wood spirit

Synonyms and antonyms of the Spirit in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the Spirit» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE SPIRIT

Find out the translation of the Spirit to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the Spirit from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the Spirit» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

el Espíritu
570 millions of speakers

English

the Spirit
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आत्मा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الروح
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Дух
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

o Espírito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আত্মা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

l´Esprit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

semangat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

der Geist
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

スピリット
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Chúa Thánh Thần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உத்வேகம் அல்லது ஆத்மா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आत्मा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ruh
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lo Spirito
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Duch
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дух
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Duhul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

το Πνεύμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Gees
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Anden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Ånden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the Spirit

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SPIRIT»

The term «the Spirit» is very widely used and occupies the 9.623 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE SPIRIT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the Spirit» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the Spirit» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the Spirit

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE SPIRIT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the Spirit.
1
Roland Allen
The Spirit is Love expressed towards man as redeeming love, and the Spirit is truth, and the Spirit is the Holy Spirit. Redemption is inconceivable without truth and holiness.
2
Roland Allen
Men who hold a theory of the Church which excludes from communion those whom they admit to have the Spirit of Christ simply proclaim that their theory is in flat contradiction to the spiritual fact.
3
Roland Allen
Christ had given the apostles a world-wide commission, embracing all the nations; but intellectually they did not understand what He meant. They found that out as they followed the impulse of the Spirit.
4
Roland Allen
In arriving at a decision in a question of doubt, the apostles in the Acts were guided solely by their sense of the Spirit behind the action, not by any speculations as to consequences which might ensue. And so they found the truth.
5
Robert Barclay
Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit.
6
Pope Benedict XVI
I would say it simply: No one can give that which he doesn't personally possess, which means we cannot transmit the Holy Spirit in an effective way, render the Spirit perceptible, if we ourselves aren't close to the Spirit.
7
Jakob Bohme
A true Christian, who is born anew of the Spirit of Christ, is in the simplicity of Christ, and hath no strife or contention with any man about religion.
8
Jakob Bohme
All that men will serve God with must be done in Faith, viz. in the Spirit. It is the Spirit that maketh the work perfect, and acceptable in the sight of God. All that a man undertaketh and doeth in Faith, he doth in the Spirit of God, which Spirit of God doth co-operate in the work, and then it is acceptable to God.
9
John Calvin
There is no worse screen to block out the Spirit than confidence in our own intelligence.
10
Albert Claude
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE SPIRIT»

Discover the use of the Spirit in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the Spirit and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Spirits' Book
" Promising nothing less than the secret of the destiny of the human race, this extraordinary book, first published in 1856, is as curious today as it was a century and a half ago.
Allan Kardec, 2006
2
Flash of the Spirit: African & Afro-American Art & Philosophy
This book reveals how five distinct African civilizations have shaped the specific cultures of their New World descendants. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Robert Farris Thompson, 2010
3
DMT: The Spirit Molecule: A Doctor's Revolutionary Research ...
DMT: The Spirit Molecule makes the bold case that DMT, naturally released by the pineal gland, facilitates the soul's movement in and out of the body and is an integral part of the birth and death experiences, as well as the highest states ...
Rick Strassman, M.D., 2000
4
The Spirit of the Liturgy
Explains of the significance of the Liturgy today, exploring its nature as the central expression of faith, its form, the importance of time and space in it, the role of music and art in relation to it, and the need for renewal.
Pope Benedict XVI, 2000
5
The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger
This groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off and the poor.
Kate Pickett, Richard Wilkinson, 2010
6
The Spirit of St. Louis
PresentsLindbergh's own account of his historic transatlantic solo flight in 1927.
Charles A. Lindbergh, 2003
7
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her ...
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction When three-month-old Lia Lee Arrived at the county hospital emergency room in Merced, California, a chain of events was set in motion from which neither she nor her parents nor ...
Anne Fadiman, 1998
8
Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws
Fully annotated, this edition focuses on Montesquieu's use of sources and his text as a whole, rather than on those opening passages toward which critical energies have traditionally been devoted.
Charles de Secondat baron de Montesquieu, Anne M. Cohler, Basia Carolyn Miller, 1989
9
The Spirit of 1914: Militarism, Myth, and Mobilization in ...
This book, first published in 2000, is a systematic analysis of German public opinion at the outbreak of the Great War and the first treatment of the myth of the 'spirit of 1914', which stated that in August 1914 all Germans felt 'war ...
Jeffrey Verhey, 2000
10
The Laws of the Spirit World
WITH A BRAND NEW LOOK! ON FEBRUARY 22, 1980, KHORSHED AND RUMI BHAVNAGRI’S WORLD WAS SHATTERED. ONE MONTH LATER, A NEW ONE OPENED. Khorshed and Rumi Bhavnagri lost their sons, Vispi and Ratoo, in a tragic car crash.
Khorshed Bhavnagri, 2009

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE SPIRIT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the Spirit is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Is '12 Years a Slave' an Indie? Here Are the Spirit Awards Rules of …
Tuesday morning's announcement of Indie Spirit Award nominations brought the annual head-scratching over some selections, in terms of eligibility. Many films ... «Variety, Nov 13»
2
Sangakkara's MCC Spirit of Cricket Lecture
This lecture is all about the Spirit of the Game and in this regard the story of cricket in Sri Lanka is fascinating. Cricket in Sri Lanka is no longer just a sport: it is a ... «ESPNcricinfo.com, Jul 11»
3
Spirit May Soar Again but Airline Tensions Simmer
Good news for stranded travelers: the Spirit Airlines pilots strike, which left many Florida vacationers stranded, was called off at 8:28 p.m. Wednesday evening, ... «TIME, Jun 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. The Spirit [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/the-spirit>. May 2024 ».
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