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palingenesist

American

[pal-in-jen-uh-sist] / ˌpæl ɪnˈdʒɛn ə sɪst /

Also palingenist

noun

a person who believes in a doctrine of rebirth or transmigration of souls.

Etymology

Origin of palingenesist

First recorded in 1855–60; palingenes(is) + -ist

Example Sentences

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Hence it is not surprising that the intermediary, be he spiritualist, autonomist, palingenesist or what he will, should lose himself in those wild and troubled eddies and that the truth or message which he brings us, tossed and tumbled in every direction, should reach us broken, shattered and pulverized beyond recognition.

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