Also, Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future.
Marley's Ghost is clearly a spirit of a dead person.
Keith
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> On 12/22/2011 11:39 PM, Jeff wrote:
> > FWIW, the English (and German) word "ghost" did not have have a
> > terribly fixed meaning until quite late in history. It ranged from
> > meaning "spirit", "anima", and even "mind" ("Geist" in German covers
> > spirit, mind, and ghost). Jeff
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> Let us not forget the Holy Ghost.
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> --Peter Metcalfe
>