Hypertext Webster Gateway: "metempsychosis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metempsychosis \Me*temp`sy*cho"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; ?
beyond, over + ? to animate; ? in + ? soul. See
{Psychology}.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
metempsychosis
n : after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in
another human body [syn: {rebirth}]
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