Ensoulment

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of ensouling; the endowment of a developing human being with a soul. countable, uncountable

    "Western Christians supplemented scientific authority with the consideration that it was not appropriate for ensoulment to accompany the original sin that was inevitably part of conception […]."

Example

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"Western Christians supplemented scientific authority with the consideration that it was not appropriate for ensoulment to accompany the original sin that was inevitably part of conception […]."

Etymology

From ensoul + -ment.

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