sentences:  The name comes from the Gaelic word "Sabhal", a word with many religious and monastic connotations.Perhaps because of Anglophone folk etymology, the name came to imply a connection to both Saul and the soul, taking the Latin form "Sedes Animarum" ("Seat of the Spirit").Soulseat Loch takes its name from the Abbey, which was founded by Fergus, Lord of Galloway, for Premonstratensian canons regular, stood on a small peninsula in the loch.