metempsychosis

noun /mɛtəmsʌɪˈkəʊsɪs/

1. Transmigration of the soul, especially its reincarnation after death.

   countable, uncountable

   Pythagoras borrowed Metempsychosis of the Ægyptians, but since, it hath been received of divers Nations, and especially of our Druides[…].

Where it comes from

From Late Latin metempsychosis, from Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις (metempsúkhōsis).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry metempsychosis (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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