Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Flesh
flesh, n. [OE human body.]
- Mortal life.
- Mortal body; mortal life.
- Skin; substance of the body.
- Body as distinguished from the soul.
- Phrase. “made Flesh”: incarnate; embodied; given a mortal body; brought to life as a human being (see John 1:14); [fig.] sanctified by mortal experience; transformed by real love into a sacrament of physical and spiritual food; [metaphor] pronounced; represented in speech sounds; spoken aloud in a particular language.
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