From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe Spiritthe Spiritthe Holy Spirit → spirit
Examples from the Corpus
the Spirit• As we shall see, the mission and the Spirit belong together.• One is the jumbie dance, performed for healing or a blessing from the spirits.• He was left with the distinct feeling that he had encountered some one from the spirit world on that early midsummer's morning.• You have the spirit of a Roman, Father Corrigan.• You can't kill the spirit.• He listened through the window and prayed ardently for the new baptism of the Spirit and the gift of tongues.• If she could no longer rise to an adventurous life of the spirit, she could keep doggedly on.• Will the spirit of the constitution justify this attempt to control its words? 