af·ter·life

[af-ter-lahyf, ahf-]
noun
1.
Also called future life. life, after death.
2.
the later part of a person's life: the remarkably productive afterlife of Thomas Jefferson.

Origin:
1585–95; after + life

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afterlife (ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
life after death or at a later time in a person's lifetime

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Afterlife is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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Word Origin & History

afterlife
1590s, "a future life" (esp. after resurrection), from after + life.
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Example sentences
Mummification was used to preserve the body so that the deceased's eternal soul
  would be able to reanimate it in the afterlife.
Say you're about to die and are packing some supplies for the afterlife.
Birds, especially in flight, represent the flight of the soul to the afterlife.
We don't measure no afterlife or realm of the afterlife.
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