DISEMBODIED SPIRIT
Dictionary entry overview: What does disembodied spirit mean?
• DISEMBODIED SPIRIT (noun)
The noun DISEMBODIED SPIRIT has 1 sense:
1. any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Familiarity information: DISEMBODIED SPIRIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISEMBODIED SPIRIT (noun)
Meaning:
Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
disembodied spirit; spirit
Hypernyms ("disembodied spirit" is a kind of...):
spiritual being; supernatural being (an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disembodied spirit"):
control (a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance)
thunderbird ((mythology) the spirit of thunder and lightning believed by some Native Americans to take the shape of a great bird)
silvan; sylvan (a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods)
python (a soothsaying spirit or a person who is possessed by such a spirit)
numen (a spirit believed to inhabit an object or preside over a place (especially in ancient Roman religion))
kachina (a deified spirit of the Pueblo people)
presence (an invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby)
apparition; fantasm; phantasm; phantasma; phantom; specter; spectre (a ghostly appearing figure)
peri ((Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done)
familiar; familiar spirit (a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard)
djinni; djinny; genie; jinnee; jinni ((Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals)
banshee; banshie ((Irish folklore) a female spirit who wails to warn of impending death)
evil spirit (a spirit tending to cause harm)
zombi; zombi spirit; zombie; zombie spirit ((voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead body)
