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Metempsychosis

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Greek: meta, over; en, in; psyche, soul)

The doctrine of the transmigration or transition of souls, i.e.,that the same soul inhabits in succession the bodies of different beings, both men and brute animals. Taught by Pythagoreans, Plato, and many Oriental religions.

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Entry for 'Metempsychosis'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​m/metempsychosis.html. 1910.
 
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