presence
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- noun
- /ˈprɛzəns/
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presencia
- And it's my hope that people everywhere feel the presence of that divine.
- feel the presence
- spiritual presence
- invisible presence
They talk about some living presence pervading all things.
- They talk about some living presence pervading all things.
- you could go so far as to say the presence of God,
- I came to Raraku because I sensed my father's presence somewhere close.
- You can feel the presence of maybe people that have passed.
- And I felt the presence of friends of mine that I lost.
- So they had played with a Ouija board, thought they got a presence identified with the ghost name.
- What started the story with the skull is in the presence of that God is what it was.
Examples
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You can feel the presence of maybe people that have passed.
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Even if you do not recognize it or admit its presence, you cannot escape it.
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you could go so far as to say the presence of God,
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And I felt the presence of friends of mine that I lost.
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I know there is one mind, one presence and one power.
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I feel a strong spiritual presence here.
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I begin to believe in the impossible presence of ghosts.
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I came to Raraku because I sensed my father's presence somewhere close.
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I was overwhelmed in the silence by the presence of Francis and God's boundless love.
Academic text (2013) -
As I sat quietly in the old church, I felt the presence of something sacred surrounding me.
Synonyms
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A ghost or spirit that people think they see
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A ghost that people see suddenly
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A spirit without a body that appears to people or stays near places
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- Formal
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The belief that the bread and wine used in a church service really become Christ's body and blood
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Etymology
Presence comes from the Latin praesens, 'being near', and you can think of a spiritual presence as something that seems 'near you' even when it is invisible. That is why we call an unseen but felt being a 'presence'.