metempsychosis : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: metempsychosis	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for metempsychosis
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
metempsychosis n after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body Synonym(s): metempsychosis, rebirth
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Metempsychosis \Metemp`sycho"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. [?]; [?] beyond, over + [?] to animate; [?] in + [?] soul. See {Psychology}.] The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. --Sir T. Browne.