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palingenesis
[ pal-in-jen-uh-sis ]
noun
- rebirth; regeneration.
- Biology.
- embryonic development that reproduces the ancestral features of the species.
- Obsolete. the supposed generation of organisms from others preformed in the germ cells.
- baptism in the Christian faith.
- the doctrine of transmigration of souls.
palingenesis
/ ˌpælɪnˈdʒɛnɪsɪs; ˌpælɪndʒəˈnɛtɪk /
noun
- Christianity spiritual rebirth through metempsychosis of Christian baptism
- biology another name for recapitulation
Derived Forms
- ˌ貹ԲˈԱپ, adverb
- palingenetic, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- 貹···Ա·· [pal-in-j, uh, -, nee, -zhee-, uh, n, -zh, uh, n], 貹···Ա· [pal-in-j, uh, -, net, -ik], adjective
- 貹i··Աi·· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of palingenesis1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of palingenesis1
Example Sentences
They inspire him with strong fancies of palingenesis, of the illusion of death, of the continuity of life.
The period was also one of palingenesis for our camels.
This apparent death is but the beginning of a new existence, as it were, one ring more added to the unlimited, uninterrupted chain of successive lives—a regular palingenesis.
Mary had heard, and in the palingenesis disclosed she saw space wrapped in a luminous atmosphere, such as she fancied lay behind the sun.
The idea of palingenesis appears to have no little significance for the existence of the homunculus production.
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