Ensoulment
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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
More examples"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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