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Webster 1913 Edition
Metempsychosis
Me-tempˊsy-cho′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] beyond, over + [GREEK] to animate; [GREEK] in + [GREEK] soul. See
Psychology
.] The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls.
Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Metempsychosis
METEMPSYCHO'SIS
,Noun.
Transmigration; the passing of the soul of a man after death into some other animal body. Pythagoras and his followers held that after death the soul of men pass into other bodies, and this doctrine still prevails in some parts of Asia, particularly in India and China.