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soulish, a.|ˈsəʊlɪʃ| Also 6 soulisch, sowlish. [f. soul n. + -ish.] 1. Of or pertaining to, characterized or distinguished by, the soul, esp. in its lower or less spiritual aspects (= psychical a. 2).
c1550Cheke Matt. xii. 17 Calling y⊇ principal part bi y⊇ name of y⊇ hoole, which Saint Poul to y⊇ Corinthes called y⊇ soulisch man, which can not perceiue thinges belonging to god. 1554Coverdale Hope of Faithful xvi. (1574) 133 Thus Paule calleth ‘Animale corpus’ the soulish body, which is interpreted ye natural body. 1649J. Ellistone tr. Warning fr. J. Boehme §29. 19 The Highest Tongue,..which through the wisedome doth..reveale to every one, in his eternal soulish Constelation, according to the..measure as he pleaseth. 1662Sparrow tr. Boehme's Rem. Wks., Apol. conc. Perf. 138 This soulish property hath the Name Jesus receiv'd to it selfe. 1752W. Law Spirit of Love i. (1816) 52 The entrance of the Deity into the properties of your own soulish life. 1786A. Maclean Comm. Christ ii. (1847) 111 Such are termed..soulish, animal, or sensual. 1865Maurice Conflict Good & Evil 33 He will understand St. Paul's contempt for the mere soulish man, his sympathy with the spiritual man. 1886J. Pulsford Divine Genius in Nature & Man 27 The soulish body..begins more rapidly to be purified from all the remains of its fleshly defilement. 2. Of the nature of the soul; soul-like. rare.
1581Mulcaster Positions vi. (1887) 48 A part of mans bodie..which breedeth a sowlish, and life spirite. 1662Sparrow tr. Boehme's Rem. Wks., Complex. 4 The Complexion in the Souls Fire becometh Soulish, or like the Soul. |