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af·ter·life
/
ˈæf
tərˌlaɪf, ˈɑf-
/
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[
af
-ter-lahyf,
ahf
-
]
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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)
—
n
life after death or at a later time in a person's lifetime
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
afterlife
1590s, "a future life" (esp. after resurrection), from
after
+
life
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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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
.
The
afterlife
is also not measurable, testable, or falsifiable.
If the
afterlife
was considered an actual physical place, it was also one where there was real work to be done.
In a final act of devotion, or coercion, six people were poisoned and buried along with wine and food to take into the
afterlife
.
Their opposition is connected with their beliefs about the
afterlife
.
The mausoleums house not only the dead bodies of humans and animals but foods to provision them for the
afterlife
.
And about his parents' beliefs with regard to the
afterlife
-specifically, about his father's beliefs-there is some evidence.
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