soul housen.

Brit.

/ˈsəʊlˌhaʊs/, U.S.

/ˈsoʊlˌhaʊs/

Forms: see soul n. and house n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soul n., house n.¹

Etymology: < soul n. + house n.¹

1. Originally and chiefly poetic. The human body. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 1842 translating the passage cited in quot. OE.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > non-Christian symbols or images > [noun] > placed in tomb

soul houseOE

ushabti1885

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > grave goods > soul-house

soul houseOE

OE Guthlac B 1141 Deað nealæcte, stop stalgongum, strong ond hreðe sohte sawelhus.

c1225 (?OE) Soul's Addr. to Body (Worcester) (Fragm. A) l. 22 Þonne biþ þet soulehus seoruhliche bereaued [at a]lso muchele wunne þe þerinne wunede.

1842 B. Thorpe tr. Legend St Guthlac in Codex Exoniensis 170 Death drew nigh, stept with iron strides, strong and fierce, sought the soul-house.

1905 Amer. Motherhood Apr. 15/2 Unto the least expression of self upon earth are we dependent upon it [sc. the body], and yet we abuse, distort and degrade it—this soul house.

1961 A. Huxley in F. W. H. Myers Human Personality & its Survival of Bodily Death 7 The always strange and often wonderful goings-on in the upper stories of a man's soul-house.

2. A model or representation of a house used in funerary rites; spec. one made of pottery and placed by the ancient Egyptians in a tomb. [In quot. 1887 after Chinese líng wū ( < líng soul + wū house). There is no equivalent expression in ancient Egyptian for the uses referring to ancient Egypt.]

ΚΠ

1887 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. Bombay 1 328 A little house of paper, the so-called soul-house, is set up in the hall of ancestors.

1896 Cent. Mag. Aug. 503/1 These statues, or soul-houses, were placed in the upper chamber of the tomb.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 53/2 This soul-house is about 1½ ft. high, is thatched with leaves and has a ladder by which the soul can climb in.

1965 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 85 508/1 The third from Rifeh, on a soul house of dyn. XI/XII, is a rather coarse bucranium.

2004 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 90 6 An object found used in the rubbish and fill of one of the foundation structures seems to resemble a soul house, which are typically associated with the Middle Kingdom.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soul house
释义	soul housen. Brit. /ˈsəʊlˌhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈsoʊlˌhaʊs/ Forms: see soul n. and house n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: soul n., house n.¹ Etymology: < soul n. + house n.¹ 1. Originally and chiefly poetic. The human body. Now archaic and rare.In quot. 1842 translating the passage cited in quot. OE. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > symbol (general) > non-Christian symbols or images > [noun] > placed in tomb soul houseOE ushabti1885 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > grave goods > soul-house soul houseOE OE Guthlac B 1141 Deað nealæcte, stop stalgongum, strong ond hreðe sohte sawelhus. c1225 (?OE) Soul's Addr. to Body (Worcester) (Fragm. A) l. 22 Þonne biþ þet soulehus seoruhliche bereaued [at a]lso muchele wunne þe þerinne wunede. 1842 B. Thorpe tr. Legend St Guthlac in Codex Exoniensis 170 Death drew nigh, stept with iron strides, strong and fierce, sought the soul-house. 1905 Amer. Motherhood Apr. 15/2 Unto the least expression of self upon earth are we dependent upon it [sc. the body], and yet we abuse, distort and degrade it—this soul house. 1961 A. Huxley in F. W. H. Myers Human Personality & its Survival of Bodily Death 7 The always strange and often wonderful goings-on in the upper stories of a man's soul-house. 2. A model or representation of a house used in funerary rites; spec. one made of pottery and placed by the ancient Egyptians in a tomb. [In quot. 1887 after Chinese líng wū ( < líng soul + wū house). There is no equivalent expression in ancient Egyptian for the uses referring to ancient Egypt.] ΚΠ 1887 Jrnl. Anthropol. Soc. Bombay 1 328 A little house of paper, the so-called soul-house, is set up in the hall of ancestors. 1896 Cent. Mag. Aug. 503/1 These statues, or soul-houses, were placed in the upper chamber of the tomb. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 53/2 This soul-house is about 1½ ft. high, is thatched with leaves and has a ladder by which the soul can climb in. 1965 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 85 508/1 The third from Rifeh, on a soul house of dyn. XI/XII, is a rather coarse bucranium. 2004 Jrnl. Egyptian Archaeol. 90 6 An object found used in the rubbish and fill of one of the foundation structures seems to resemble a soul house, which are typically associated with the Middle Kingdom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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