palingenesis in British English
(ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs), palingenesia (ˌpælɪndʒəˈniːzɪə) or archaic, rare palingenesy (ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -ses (-ˌsiːz), -sias or -sies1. Christianity spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism
2. biology another name for recapitulation (sense 2)
Derived forms
palingenetic (ˌpælɪndʒəˈnɛtɪk) or palingenetical (ˌpælɪndʒəˈnɛtɪkəl) adjective
palingenetically (ˌpalingeˈnetically) adverb
Word origin
C19: from Greek
palin again +
genesis birth,
genesis