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† soul-health Obs.
[f. soul n. + health n. Cf. prec.]
The health of the soul; moral or spiritual well-being; salvation. a. With possessive pronoun or genitive.
1390Gower Conf. I. 39 So may he winne worldes welthe And afterward his soule helthe. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 365 His preiers for the sawle healethe of his childe. 1526Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W. 1531) 10 b, Whiche is moost necessary for thy soule helthe. 1587Golding De Mornay xxiv. 357 The setting downe of rules for Religion and for mans Soulehealth.
b. Without article.
1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 371 Seynte Patrik..studiede to..brynge to the weye of sawle healethe the sawles of the bestialle peple. Ibid. V. 127 Take cownesayle of sawle⁓healethe. 1556Olde Antichrist 81 The Germaines wolde not..ther seke soule helth. 1574tr. Marlorat's Apocalips 14 God will gather togither the remnantes of that forlorne and desperate nation, vnto soulehealth. 1603J. Davies (Heref.) Microcosmos Wks. (Grosart) I. 36/2 Affliction's water cooles the heate of sinne, And brings soule-health. a1618Sylvester Paradox agst. Libertie 587 Wks. (Grosart) II. 60 Sith, if hee use the same, soule-health it hurteth not. |
