as in spirit
the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people
asked the spiritualist to summon the familiar spirit of her late mother for some matrimonial guidance
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Recent Examples of familiar spirit
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Some cocktail kits require you to provide the spirit to make their drinks.
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Rich Manning,
Peoplemag,
17 Aug. 2023
Eladio Carrión and Don Julio González, the late founder of the iconic tequila brand, share a familiar spirit.
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Walaa Elsiddig,
Billboard,
12 June 2023
But by his own admission King had tagged me with a familiar spirit.
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Kent Russell,
Harper’s Magazine ,
25 May 2022
These hues capture a familiar spirit of belonging, warmth, and self-expression.
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Eva Thomas,
PEOPLE.com,
6 May 2022
When entering their third season in 1997 and dealing with the departure of scene-stealer Chevy Chase, the SNL cast found a familiar spirit in host Grodin.
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Samantha Pitchel,
Vulture,
18 May 2021
The Modernist stocks several bottles of the alcohol-free label Seedlip, which approximates the flavors of familiar spirits without the hangover.
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Paul Stephen,
ExpressNews.com,
25 Jan. 2020
Rich Manning,
Peoplemag,
17 Aug. 2023
Eladio Carrión and Don Julio González, the late founder of the iconic tequila brand, share a familiar spirit.
—
Walaa Elsiddig,
Billboard,
12 June 2023
But by his own admission King had tagged me with a familiar spirit.
—
Kent Russell,
Harper’s Magazine ,
25 May 2022
These hues capture a familiar spirit of belonging, warmth, and self-expression.
—
Eva Thomas,
PEOPLE.com,
6 May 2022
When entering their third season in 1997 and dealing with the departure of scene-stealer Chevy Chase, the SNL cast found a familiar spirit in host Grodin.
—
Samantha Pitchel,
Vulture,
18 May 2021
The Modernist stocks several bottles of the alcohol-free label Seedlip, which approximates the flavors of familiar spirits without the hangover.
—
Paul Stephen,
ExpressNews.com,
25 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for familiar spirit
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If American music in 1976 represented a collective, inquisitive, inventive American spirit of discovery, the semiquincentennial in the age of social media has become more about the individual identity.
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The spirit of a '90s summer vacation is alive and well in tropics-print caftans like this fresh-off-the-runway one from SHAN's SS27 Collection.
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The same applies to the Lake of Tears, which seemed really important when Jim’s ghost showed up to tell Ethan to find it.
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The English have to contend with not only the ghost of Maradona’s two goals, but also the altitude in Mexico City, which is about 7,350 feet above sea level.
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Reports of strange sounds, apparitions, and unexplained encounters continue to attract visitors.
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Why then, when discussing body image after weight changes, is our culture reaching for the language of vexing apparitions and death?
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That’s the £312 million phantom.
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Such a designation, evidently, would save agents from wasting time chasing phantoms.
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“Familiar spirit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/familiar%20spirit. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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