METEMPSYCHOSIS


Meaning of METEMPSYCHOSIS in English

— metempsychic /met'euhm suy"kik/ , metempsychosic, metempsychosical , adj.

/meuh tem'seuh koh"sis, -temp'-, met'euhm suy-/ , n. , pl. metempsychoses /-seez/ .

the transmigration of the soul, esp. the passage of the soul after death from a human or animal to some other human or animal body.

[ 1580-90; metempsycho-, var. s. of metempsychoûsthai to pass from one body into another (see MET-, EM- 2 , PSYCHO-) + -sis -SIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .