souls (noun)

  • 51Naraka — noun The underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins …

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  • 52SOS — noun (plural SOSs) an international coded signal of extreme distress, used especially by ships at sea. ↘an urgent appeal for help. ↘Brit. a message broadcast in an emergency in an attempt to contact an untraceable person. Origin early 20th cent …

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  • 53oversoul — noun (in Transcendentalism) a divine spirit supposed to pervade the universe and to encompass all human souls …

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  • 54purgatory — noun (U) 1 Purgatory a place where, according to Roman Catholic beliefs, the souls of dead people must suffer for the bad things they did, until they are pure enough to enter heaven 2 humorous a place, situation, or time when you suffer a lot: It …

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  • 55Elysium — noun, Greek Mythology human souls conveyed to Elysium Syn: heaven, paradise, the Elysian fields; eternity, the afterlife, the next world, the hereafter; Scandinavian Mythology Valhalla; Classical Mythology the Islands of the Blessed; Arthurian… …

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  • 56eternity — noun 1) the memory will remain for eternity Syn: ever, all time, perpetuity 2) Theology souls destined for eternity Syn: the afterlife, everlasting life, life after death, the hereafter, the afterworld, the next world; heaven …

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  • 57folk — noun, informal 1) the local folk Syn: people, individuals, ‘men, women, and children, ’ (living) souls, mortals; citizenry, inhabitants, residents, populace, population; formal denizens 2) my folks came …

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  • 58paradise — noun 1) the souls in paradise Syn: heaven, the kingdom of heaven, the heavenly kingdom, Elysium, the Elysian Fields, Valhalla, Avalon Ant: hell 2) Adam and Eve s expulsion from Paradise Syn …

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  • 59folk — noun; informal 1) the local folk Syn: people, individuals, {men, women, and children}, (living) souls, citizenry, inhabitants, residents, populace, population 2) my folks live in Hull Syn …

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  • 60happy hunting ground — noun 1. (often plural) (in northern Native American mythology) the world inhabited by souls after death. 2. Colloquial any place where what is sought is available in good supply: the street stalls were a happy hunting ground for small etchings …