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silver cord

n.
1. In various systems of spiritual thought, the connection between one's physical body and one's spirit or astral body, conceived of as being spatially extended during out-of-body experiences and as being severed at the moment of death.
2. The emotional bond between a mother and her offspring.
[Translation of Hebrew hebel ha-kkesep, cord of silver, an expression of uncertain meaning in Ecclesiastes 12:6-7, possibly referring to the spinal cord as essential to life. Sense 2, after The Silver Cord, a 1926 play by American playwright Sidney Coe Howard (1891-1939) in which an overly possessive mother is depicted as damaging to the emotional lives of her grown sons.]
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Noun1.silver cord - the emotional bond between a mother and her offspring
alliance, bond - a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"
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