metempsychosis

(mi tem′sī kōsis; met′əm sī-)

noun pl. metempsychoses

in some religious beliefs, the passing of the soul at death into another body, either human or animal; transmigration

Origin: LL < Gr metempsychōsis < metempsychoun < meta, over (see meta-) + empsychoun, to put a soul into < en, in + psychē, soul, life (see psyche)

See metempsychosis in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. me·tem·psy·cho·ses (-sēz)
Reincarnation.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin metempsȳchōsis

Origin: , from Greek metempsūkhōsis

Origin: , from metempsūkhousthai, to transmigrate

Origin: : meta-, meta-

Origin: + empsūkhos, animate (en, in; see en-2 + psūkhē, soul; see bhes- in Indo-European roots)

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