souls (noun)
11psychagogy — noun ( es) Etymology: Late Greek psychagōgia evocation of souls from the lower world, from Greek, persuasion, winning of souls, from psychagōgos leading the soul + ia y 1. : guidance of the soul especially of a departed one 2. [Greek psychagōgia… …
12sinecure — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin sine cura without cure (of souls) Date: 1662 1. archaic an ecclesiastical benefice without cure of souls 2. an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income …
13succedaneum — noun /sʌksɪˈdeɪnɪəm/ A substitute, replacement for something else, particularly of a medicine used in place of another. It is not your purses that suffer; your farm rents, your commerces, your mill revenues, loud as ye lament over these; no, it… …
14November 2 — noun a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑All Souls Day • Hypernyms: ↑Christian holy day • Part Holonyms: ↑November, ↑Nov …
15church suffering — noun Usage: often capitalized C&S Roman Catholicism : the souls in purgatory * * * Rom. Cath. Ch. the souls in purgatory …
16soul cake — noun : a round or oval sweet bun traditionally eaten on All Souls Day in England * * * Brit. a round, sweet bun or small, oval cake, traditionally made to celebrate All Souls Day. [1680 90] …
17hell — noun 1 place bad people are said to go to when they die ADJECTIVE ▪ eternal VERB + HELL ▪ go to ▪ He was terrified of going to hell when he died. HELL + NOUN ▪ …
18Walhalla — noun (Norse mythology) the hall in which the souls of heros slain in battle were received by Odin • Syn: ↑Valhalla • Topics: ↑Norse mythology • Hypernyms: ↑Heaven * * * Usage: usually capitalized …
19Charon — noun Etymology: Latin, from Greek Charōn Date: 1513 a son of Erebus who in Greek mythology ferries the souls of the dead over the Styx …
20happy hunting ground — noun Date: 1837 1. the paradise of some American Indian tribes to which the souls of warriors and hunters pass after death to spend a happy hereafter in hunting and feasting 2. a choice or profitable area of activity or exploitation …
