"stolen cows were spirited away some distance to prevent detection"

"we seek a harmony between body and spirit"

• the non-physical part of a person regarded as their true self and as capable of surviving physical death or separation

  "a year after he left, his spirit is still present"

• the non-physical part of a person manifested as an apparition after their death; a ghost

  "a priest performed a rite of exorcism and the wandering spirit was ousted"

• a supernatural being

  "shrines to nature spirits"

• the Holy Spirit

"I hope the team will build on this spirit of confidence"

• a person identified with their most prominent quality or with their role in a group or movement

  "he was a leading spirit in the conference"

• a person's mood

  "as I sat alone in that corridor my spirits were low"

• the attitude or intentions with which someone undertakes or regards something

  "he confessed in a spirit of self-respect"

• the quality of courage, energy, and determination

  "his visitors admired his spirit and good temper"

• the real meaning or the intention behind something as opposed to its strict verbal interpretation

  "the rule had been broken in spirit if not in letter"

• a volatile liquid, especially a fuel, prepared by distillation

  "aviation spirit"

• a solution of volatile components extracted from something, typically by distillation or by solution in alcohol

  "spirits of turpentine"