metempsychosis

me·tem·psy·cho·sis

M0250700 (mə-tĕm′sĭ-kō′sĭs, mĕt′əm-sī-)n. pl. me·tem·psy·cho·ses (-sēz) Reincarnation.

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[Late Latin metempsȳchōsis, from Greek metempsūkhōsis, from metempsūkhousthai, to transmigrate : meta-, meta- + empsūkhos, animate (en, in; see en-² + psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots).]

metempsychosis

(ˌmɛtəmsaɪˈkəʊsɪs) n, pl -ses (-siːz) 1. (Theology) the migration of a soul from one body to another2. (Theology) the entering of a soul after death upon a new cycle of existence in a new body either of human or animal form[C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from metempsukhousthai, from meta- + -em- in + psukhē soul] ˌmetempsyˈchosist n

me•tem•psy•cho•sis

(məˌtɛm səˈkoʊ sɪs, -ˌtɛmp-, ˌmɛt əm saɪ-)

n., pl. -ses (-sēz). the transmigration of the soul, esp. the passage of the soul after death into the body of another being. [1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek, =metempsȳchō-, variant s. of metempsȳchoûsthai to pass from one body into another (see met-, em-², psycho-) + -sis -sis] met•em•psy•chic (ˌmɛt əmˈsaɪ kɪk) me•tem`psy•cho′sic adj.

metempsychosis

1. the passage of a soul from one body to another.
2. the rebirth of the soul at death in another body, either human or animal. Cf. creationism. — metempsychic, metempsychosic, metempsychosical, adj.See also: Soul

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metempsychosis - after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human bodyrebirthphenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning

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