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metempsychosis

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14 lettersPronunciation /mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/Part of speech nounSorted ceehimmopssstyStarts with MEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body

Word origin

From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).

Used in a sentence

  • Pythagoras borrowed Metempsychosis of the Ægyptians, but since, it hath been received of divers Nations, and especially of our Druides[…].
  • Metempsychosis, he said, is what the ancient Greeks called it. They used to believe you could be changed into an animal or a tree, for instance. What they called nymphs, for example.
  • Hers was a metempsychosis of novelty, her mind a vapid thing until animated by the next absolute conviction.

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