metempsychosis
/mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/ noun
Forms metempsychoses
- noun Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death.
Synonyms
Etymology
From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T. Browne.
Etymology [NL., fr. Gr. Psychology.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “metempsychosis”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details