[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of thespirit.
I don't understand these people who call themselves spiritual advisors. Franklin Graham, the unfortunate son of Billy Graham, is George Bush's spiritual advisor. Bill Clinton had Jesse Jackson. Here's the part I don't understand: How can someone else advise you on yourspirit? Isn'tspirit an intensely personal, internal thing? Doesn't it, by its very nature, elude definition, much less analysis? What kind of advice could some drone who has devoted his life to the self-deception of religion possibly give you about yourspirit? It sounds like a hustle to me.
Turians believe that groups and areas have "spirits" that transcend the individual. For example, a military unit would be considered to have a literalspirit that embodies the honor and courage it has displayed. A city'sspirit reflects the accomplishments and industry of its residents. An ancient tree'sspirit reflects the beauty and tranquility of the area it grows within. Thesespirits are neither good nor evil, nor are they appealed to for intercession. Turians do not believespirits can affect the world, butspirits can inspire the living. Prayers and rituals allow an individual to converse with aspirit for guidance or inspiration. For example a turian who finds his loyalty tested may appeal to thespirit of his unit, hoping to reconnect with the pride and honor of the group. A turian who wishes to create a work of art may attempt to connect with thespirit of a beautiful location.
The result may not quite give the Wearsiders a sweet ending to what has been a sour week, following allegations of sexual assault and drug possession against defender Titus Bramble, but it does at least demonstrate that theirspirit remains strong in the face of adversity.
The manner or style of something.
In thespirit of forgiveness, we didn't press charges.
No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in aspirit of thankfulness.
1711 May, [Alexander Pope],An Essay on Criticism, London:[…] W[illiam] Lewis[…]; and sold by W[illiam] Taylor[…], T[homas] Osborn[e][…], and J[ohn] Graves[…],→OCLC:
A perfect judge will read each work of wit / With the samespirit that its author writ.
Intent; real meaning; opposed to theletter, or formal statement.
thespirit of an enterprise, or of a document
(usually in theplural) A volatile liquid, such asalcohol.The plural formspirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
1807,A New and Complete Encyclopaedia; or, Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences: Vol III[2], page48:
CRYSTALS of Venus or ofcopper, called also vitriol of Venus, is copper reduced into the form of vitriol byspirit of nitre, or by dissolving verdegris in good distilled vinegar, till the acid be saturated; it is very caustic and used to eat off proud flesh. It is also used by painters, and manufacturers, and sold under the name of distilled vinegar. See CHEMISTRY.
2004, Maurice P. Crosland,Historical Studies in the Language of Chemistry[3], page89:
Another pair of terms which caused some confusion wereSpirit of Saturn andSpirit of Venus, names suggesting compounds of lead and copper respectively. Jean Beguin described the preparation from minium and distilled vinegar of a liquid he calledburningspirit of Saturn, because it was inflammable and he thought it was a compound of lead. Actually the lead takes no part in the reaction and the product of distilling lead acetate is impure acetone. Beguin’s terminology did not go without comment however, for Christopher Glaser later referred to ‘A burningSpirit of Saturn (as it is called) but rather, aSpirit of the Volatile Salt of Vinegar’. Tachenius referred to the product of distillation of copper acetate as ‘pretendedspirit of Venus’ because it was really only distilled vinegar - the meaning which Macquer gave to the expression. It is typical of the confusion of terminology in early chemistry that theLondon Pharmacopoeia of 1721 gave the nameSpiritus Veneris to sulphuric acid obtained by the distillation of copper sulphate.
1655,Thomas Fuller,The Church-history of Britain;[…], London:[…] Iohn Williams[…],→OCLC,(please specify |book=I to XI):
"Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all hisspirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.
One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
a rulingspirit; a schismaticspirit
1697,Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis.[…], London:[…]Jacob Tonson,[…],→OCLC:
Suchspirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges.
(often in theplural) Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state.
to be cheerful, or in goodspirits; to be down-hearted, or in badspirits
When I was young and full of grace, Isprited arattlesnake. When I was young, a fever fell my spirit; I will not tell. You'reon your honor not to tell.
2009 February 8, Dave Kehr, “Buñuel at His Wildest, in Circulation Again”, inNew York Times[4]:
God does not make an appearance, but the Devil (Ms. Pinal) emphatically does: first in the guise of a schoolgirl who tries to lure Simon down with the sight of her shapely legs; then as a bearded but blatantly female Jesus carrying a lamb; and finally as a stylishly coiffed woman who succeeds inspiriting Simon off, by means of a jet, to a Manhattan discotheque — Buñuel’s persuasive idea of hell.
Civil dissensions oftenspirit the ambition of private men.
1714 February, [Jonathan Swift],The Publick Spirit of the Whigs: Set forth in Their Generous Encouragement of the Author of the Crisis:[…], London:[…][John Barber] forJohn Morphew,[…],→OCLC,page39:
[H]e left behind many Officers and private Men, vvho novvſpirit-up and aſſiſt thoſe obſtinate People to continue in their Rebellion.
