After-life

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of afterlife. alt-of, alternative

    "After-life proved the truth of this melancholy prophecy: and Mrs Clapp revenged herself for the deterioration of mankind by levying the most savage contributions upon the tea-caddies and legs of mutton of her locataires."

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"Since the Creator had made the facts of the after-life inaccessible to man, He must not have required that man understand death in order to live fruitfully."

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