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metempsychosis

me·tem·psy·cho·sis [ mə tèm sə kṓssiss, mèttəm sī kṓssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
reincarnation: the supposed passage of somebody's soul after death into the body of another person or an animal

[Late 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek metempsukhōsis< meta "after" + empsukhos "having a soul within"]
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