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palingenesis
pal·in·gen·e·sis [ pàllin jénnəssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. biology 
Same as  recapitulation (sense 2)

2. christianity spiritual regeneration: spiritual rebirth by means of baptism
3. religion migration of soul to another body: the supposed transmigration of the soul of somebody who has died into the body of another person or animal
[Early 19th century. < Greek palin "again, back" + genesis "birth"]

pal·in·ge·net·ic [ pàllin jə néttik ] adjective
pal·in·ge·net·i·cal·ly adverb
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