ho·lis·tic
Pronunciation:
hO-'lis-tik
Function:
adjective
1 : of
or relating to
holism
2 : relating to or
concerned with wholes or with complete
systems rather than with the analysis
of, treatment of, or dissection into
parts <holistic medicine attempts
to treat both the mind and the body> <holistic
ecology views man and the environment as
a single system>
soul
Pronunciation:
'sOl
Function:
noun
Etymology: Middle English
soule, from Old English sAwol;
akin to Old High German sEula
soul
1 : the immaterial
essence, animating principle, or
actuating cause of an individual life
2 a : the spiritual principle
embodied in human beings, all rational
and spiritual beings, or the universe
b capitalized,
Christian Science
:
GOD
1b
3
: a person's total self
