"perispirit" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: perispirits [plural]
Etymology: peri- + spirit In Allan Kardec's 1857 book The Spirits Book (Le Livre des Esprits in original French), the term is defined with a direct analogy to perisperm (“layer of nutritive tissue that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms”). Etymology templates: {{affix|en|peri-|spirit}} peri- + spirit, {{m|en|perisperm||layer of nutritive tissue that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms}} perisperm (“layer of nutritive tissue that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} perispirit (plural perispirits)
  1. (spiritualism) A layer of an abstract, ethereal material that is said to serve as the bond between one's spirit and physical body. Wikipedia link: perispirit Categories (topical): Spiritualism Derived forms: perispiritic, perispritic Related terms: soul Translations (bond between spirit and body): perispírito [masculine] (Portuguese)

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