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soul' mu"sic

a fervent type of popular music developed in the late 1950s by black Americans as a secularized form of gospel music, with rhythm-and-blues influences, and distinctive for its earthy expressiveness, variously plaintive or raucous vocals, and often passionate romanticism or sensuality. Also called soul.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

soul mate

soul-searching

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