Spirit (disambiguation)

The term spirit has several different uses in different fields.

Things named "Spirit"

• Spirit is the religious (spiritualism) concept of an innate essence of a being
• In Christianity, the Holy Spirit (also known as the Holy Ghost)
• The B-2 Spirit (official name of the United States Air Force's stealth bomber)
• Spirit Airlines, a Florida-based airline company using McDonnell Douglas DC-9 jets to fly around Florida cities, to the Northeast and Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Puerto Rico
• NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Mission rover MER-A, named "Spirit"
• 37452 Spirit, an asteroid named after the Mars rover
• The Spirit, a comics series featuring the detective of the same name, by comic artist Will Eisner
• A 1970s psychedelic band: see Spirit (band)
• A Flemish social-democratic political party, forming a cartel with the socialist party SP.a
• Spirit Parser Framework
• A Norwegian freezine

Other fields

Outside the fields of religion and spirituality, the term spirit may mean:

• Alcohol, or a distilled alcoholic beverage (not wine or beer)
• In medicine, it formerly meant an alcoholic solution of a volatile drug; see tincture.
• Breath
• Enthusiasm - "We have spirit, yes we do, we have spirit, how 'bout you?""
• Intent - "The spirit of the law, and not the letter."
• Purpose
• Meaning
• Esprit de corps - the commonality of purpose, devotion, and honor among members of a group
• A classical element -- also known as aether, akasha or quintessence -- representing the fifth element (the other four being earth, air, fire and water)