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Pneuma

//ˈnjuːmə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A neume.

    "With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom."

  2. 2
    The spirit or soul.

    "But bound to reach out and beyond this flesh. / Become Pneuma"

  3. 3
    One of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”). Doublet of neume.

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