reincarnationnoun
uk/ˌriː.ɪn.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/us/ˌriː.ɪn.kɑːrˈneɪ.ʃən/[ U ] the belief that a dead person's spirit returns to life in another body:
Hindus and Buddhists believe in reincarnation.
[ C ] a person or animal in whose body a dead person's spirit returns to life:
He believes he's a reincarnation of Julius Caesar.
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Religious concepts: life after death
- afterlife
- beyond
- from beyond the grave idiom
- hell
- hellfire
- hereafter
- life
- reincarnate
- underworld
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