Afterlife Definition

ăftər-līf
noun
A life or existence believed to follow death.
American Heritage
A life after death.
Webster's New World
The part of one's life that follows a particular event.
American Heritage
The part of one's life after a previous part; one's later years.
Webster's New World
Life after death.
Why do religionists believe in an afterlife?
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
pronoun

The place believed to be inhabited by deceased people.

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Other Word Forms of Afterlife

Noun

Singular:
afterlife
Plural:
afterlives

Origin of Afterlife

  • From after- +‎ life

    From Wiktionary

Afterlife Sentence Examples

  • The ancient Egyptians believed that a person had to earn the right to enter the afterlife.

  • The ancient Egyptian obsession with the afterlife is also quite intriguing, filled with magical amulets like the Ankh and the scarab.

  • The overwhelming theme from the Christian side of the debate is that actual life on earth is brief, but the afterlife in the Kingdom of Heaven is eternal.

  • They point out that ancient Egyptians did believe in a transformation in the afterlife, but they believed the transformation was into another world, not this one.

  • Anubis was the dog-headed God of the afterlife.

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Words Starting With

AAFAFT

Words Ending With

EFEIFE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With E