metempsychosis

noun, plural me·tem·psy·cho·ses

[-seez] .

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

Origin:
1580–90; < Late Latin < Greek, equivalent to metempsȳchō-, variant stem of metempsȳchoûsthai to pass from one body into another (see met-, em-², psycho-) + -sis -sis

Related forms

met·em·psy·chic

[met-uh

m-sahy-kik] , me·tem·psy·cho·sic, me·tem·psy·cho·si·cal, adjective

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metempsychosis (ˌmɛtəmsaɪˈkəʊsɪs)

—n , pl -ses
1.	the migration of a soul from one body to another
2.	the entering of a soul after death upon a new cycle of existence in a new body either of human or animal form

[C16: via Late Latin from Greek, from metempsukhousthai, from meta- + -em- in + psukhē soul]

metempsy'chosist

—n

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