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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
psy·cho·pomp       [sahy-koh-pomp] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a person who conducts spirits or souls to the other world, as Hermes or Charon.
[Origin: 1860–65; < Gk psȳchopompós conductor of souls. See psycho-, pomp]
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psychopomp

noun
a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp" 

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Psychopomp

Psy"cho*pomp\, n. [Gr. ?; psychh` the soul + ? to send: cf. F. psychopompe.] (Myth.) A leader or guide of souls . --J. Fiske.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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