palingenesis
[pal-in-jen-uh-sis]
- 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
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The palingenesis of Leroux or Fourier removes the radical injustice.
The Idea of ProgressJ. B. Bury
The process of the Palingenesis—this picture of immortality—is described.
The Browning CyclopdiaEdward Berdoe
The process of the Palingenesis, this picture of immortality, is described.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 (of 3)Isaac Disraeli
Metempsychosis with Buddhists resolves itself into continuous metamorphosis or Palingenesis.
Buddhism, In its Connexion With Brahmanism and Hinduism, and In Its Contrast with ChristianitySir Monier Monier-Williams
Delormel, Descartes, and Lavater were struck with the tremendous importance of the doctrine of Palingenesis.
ReincarnationTh. Pascal
palingenesis
- Christianity spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism
- biology another name for recapitulation (def. 2)
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Word Origin
C19: from Greek palin again + genesis birth, genesis
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palingenesis
(păl′ĭn-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)- The repetition by a single organism of various stages in the evolution of its species during embryonic development.
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