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单词 psychopomp
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psychopomp

[ sahy-koh-pomp ]
/ ˈsaɪ koʊˌpɒmp /

noun

a person who conducts spirits or souls to the other world, as Hermes or Charon.

Origin of psychopomp

First recorded in 1860–65, psychopomp is from the Greek word psȳchopompós conductor of souls. See psycho-, pomp

Words nearby psychopomp

psychophysical parallelism, psychophysics, psychophysiological, psychophysiologic disorder, psychophysiology, psychopomp, psychoprophylaxis, psychosensory, psychosexual, psychosexual development, psychosexual dysfunction
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Example sentences from the Web for psychopomp

  • Hermes himself, the Psychopomp, shall lead, and Malahide shall welcome us.

    Day and Night Stories|Algernon Blackwood
  • As the souls of the departed are symbolized as rats, so is the psychopomp himself often figured as a dog.

    Myths and Myth-Makers|John Fiske
  • The rle of general conductor of souls to the realms of the underworld, however, came to be given to Hermes, the psychopomp.

    Elements of Folk Psychology|Wilhelm Wundt
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