dark night of the soul (English, noun)
expansion: dark night of the soul (plural dark nights of the soul)
Senses:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: a period of time in which a holy person (someone believed to be potentially on their way to sainthood) experiences a seeming withdrawal of God's previously-felt presence in their lives, and undergoes stark spiritual attacks. This period of time is seen (by Catholics) to be a period in which God is calling the holy person to rid themselves of any remaining vestiges of self-pride and vanity that they may have.
Forms:
form: dark nights of the soul
tags: plural