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metempsychosis

me.tem.psy.cho.sis \m*-tem(p)-si-'ko--s*s, .met-*m-.si--\ n [LL, fr. Gk 
   metempsycho-sis, fr. metempsychousthai to undergo me]tempsychosis, fr. 
   meta- + empsychos animate, fr. en- + psyche- soul - more at PSYCHE : the 
   passing of the soul at death into another body either human or anima l