Transanimation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The conveyance or passing of a soul from one body to another. countable, uncountable

    "The immortality of the soul they did not flatly deny , but falsely believe ; disguised under the opinion of transanimation, conceiving that dying men's souls afterward passed into other bodies, either preferred to better, or condemned to worse"

  2. 2
    Resuscitation of a stillborn infant. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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anabolismavatarcatabolismcatalysisconsubstantiationdisplacement

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"The immortality of the soul they did not flatly deny , but falsely believe ; disguised under the opinion of transanimation, conceiving that dying men's souls afterward passed into other bodies, either preferred to better, or condemned to worse"

Etymology

From trans- + animation.

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