palingenesis

[ pal-in-jen-uh-sis ]

/ ˌpæl ɪnˈdʒɛn ə sɪs /

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noun

rebirth; regeneration.

Biology.

embryonic development that reproduces the ancestral features of the species.
Obsolete. the supposed generation of organisms from others preformed in the germ cells.

baptism in the Christian faith.

the doctrine of transmigration of souls.

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Origin of palingenesis

1615–25; <New Latin <Greek pálin again + génesisgenesis

OTHER WORDS FROM palingenesis

pal·in·ge·ne·si·an

[pal-in-juh-nee-zhee-uhn, -zhuhn], /ˌpæl ɪn dʒəˈni ʒi ən, -ʒən/, pal·in·ge·net·ic

[pal-in-juh-net-ik], /ˌpæl ɪn dʒəˈnɛt ɪk/, adjectivepal·in·ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb

Words nearby palingenesis

palimony, palimpsest, palimscope, palindrome, paling, palingenesis, palingenesist, palinka, palinode, palinopsia, palisade

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How to use palingenesis in a sentence

Delormel, Descartes, and Lavater were struck with the tremendous importance of the doctrine of Palingenesis.
Reincarnation|Th. Pascal
But he has so little mastered it that he has never understood the distinction between palingenesis and cenogenesis.
The Wonders of Life|Ernst Haeckel
The process of the Palingenesis—this picture of immortality—is described.
The Browning Cyclopdia|Edward Berdoe
It could not last long upon these terms, and again it passed away, and still waits its second palingenesis.
Literary Friends And Acquaintances|William Dean Howells

Some can push by the awful hour and live again, but for Anna Dickinson there could be, and was, no such palingenesis.
Literary Friends And Acquaintances|William Dean Howells

British Dictionary definitions for palingenesis

palingenesis

/ (ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs) /

noun plural -ses (-ˌsiːz)

Christianity spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism

biology another name for recapitulation (def. 2)

Derived forms of palingenesis

palingenetic (ˌpælɪndʒəˈnɛtɪk), adjectivepalingenetically, adverb

Word Origin for palingenesis

C19: from Greek palin again + genesis birth, genesis

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