Living people as a class. Chiefly with the and plural agreement.

The inhabitants of earth. Cf. heavenware, n.

Living people as a class; the living; (also occasionally) a living person. With the. Usually with plural agreement. Contrasted with the dead.

That which has corporeal life. all flesh, †each flesh (omnis caro, Vulgate = Hebraistic Greek πᾶσα σάρξ): all animals; in narrower sense, all…

In plural. The inborn mental or physical endowments of a person; natural gifts or powers of mind (or body). Occasionally as pure naturals in same…

With the and plural agreement. Living people as a class; the living. Contrasted with the dead. Cf. quick, n.1 1a(b). Now rare.

In concrete applications relating to living beings. Vitality or activity embodied in material (esp. human or animal) forms. Also: living things…