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metempsychosis
[ muh-tem-suh-koh-sis, -temp-, met-uhm-sahy- ]
/ məˌtɛm səˈkoʊ sɪs, -ˌtɛmp-, ˌmɛt əm saɪ- /
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noun, plural me·tem·psy·cho·ses [muh-tem-suh-koh-seez, -temp-, met-uhm-sahy-]. /məˌtɛm səˈkoʊ siz, -ˌtɛmp-, ˌmɛt əm saɪ-/.
the transmigration of the soul, especially the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.
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OTHER WORDS FROM metempsychosis
met·em·psy·chic [met-uhm-sahy-kik], /ˌmɛt əmˈsaɪ kɪk/, me·tem·psy·cho·sic, me·tem·psy·cho·si·cal, adjectiveWords nearby metempsychosis
Metchnikoff, mete, metecdysis, metempirical, metempirics, metempsychosis, metencephalon, Met enkephalin, meteor, Meteor Deep, meteoric
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British Dictionary definitions for metempsychosis
metempsychosis
/ (ˌmɛtəmsaɪˈkəʊsɪs) /
noun plural -ses (-siːz)
the migration of a soul from one body to another
the entering of a soul after death upon a new cycle of existence in a new body either of human or animal form
Derived forms of metempsychosis
metempsychosist, nounWord Origin for metempsychosis
C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from metempsukhousthai, from meta- + -em- in + psukhē soul
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