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Definition of Heart and soul
1. Adverb. With complete faith. "She was with him heart and soul"
2. Noun. The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. "The nub of the story"
Generic synonyms: Cognitive Content, Content, Mental Object
Specialized synonyms: Bare Bones, Hypostasis, Haecceity, Quiddity, Quintessence, Stuff
Derivative terms: Central, Essential, Meaty, Pithy, Summate
Definition of Heart and soul
1. Noun. (idiomatic) The core of a thing; the most essential or important part. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heart And Soul
Literary usage of Heart and soul
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"416) calls the deacon " the bishop's ear and eye and mouth and heart and soul,
that the bishop may not be distracted with many cares. ..."
2. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"He was hesitating to join the German cause heart and soul because the interests
of Prussia were not fully guaranteed and because the popular uprising made ..."
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