pneuma
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneuma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pneō, “I blow, breathe”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈnjuːmə/
[edit] Noun
pneuma (plural pneumas)
- (music) a neume
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- 1922: With swaying arms they wail in pneuma over the recreant Bloom. — James Joyce, Ulysses
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- the spirit or soul
- (Gnosticism) one of three levels of a human being, the spirit, along with the body and soul
