metempsychosis
noun/mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/UK
Etymology
From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).
- derived from μετεμψύχωσις
- borrowed from metempsychosis
Definitions
Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death.
- 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.
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