Definition of "disembodied spirit" [disembodied spirit]

• Any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "John’s detractors used the occasion of his death to develop the suggestion that his disembodied spirit was serving Jesus as the instrument for the performance of works of black magic, itself no small concession to John’s power21."
• "Her small pale face seemed the mere setting of a pair of dark exaggerated eyes, of which the visionary gaze contrasted curiously with her self-assertive tone and gestures; so that, as one of her friends observed, she was like a disembodied spirit who took up a great deal of room."