Soul

Definition of "to pray for someone's soul": To talk to oneself, making believe that one is asking a non-made-up character to be merciful and to take good care of a non-made-up part of another person (who usually is already putrefying and being devoured by bugs and worms). It is an activity some adults like doing because it makes them feel good since they sincerely believe that they are greatly helping someone--and at no financial expense, with trivial demand on their time, and requiring the most minimal of effort.