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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
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Derived Forms
- ˌpalingeˈnetically, adverb
- palingenetic, adjective
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Other Words From
- pal·in·ge·ne·si·an [pal-in-j, uh, -, nee, -zhee-, uh, n, -zh, uh, n], pal·in·ge·net·ic [pal-in-j, uh, -, net, -ik], adjective
- palin·ge·neti·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of palingenesis1
1615–25; < New Latin < Greek pálin again + génesis genesis
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Word History and Origins
Origin of palingenesis1
C19: from Greek palin again + genesis birth, genesis
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Example Sentences
Delormel, Descartes, and Lavater were struck with the tremendous importance of the doctrine of Palingenesis.
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But he has so little mastered it that he has never understood the distinction between palingenesis and cenogenesis.
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The process of the Palingenesis—this picture of immortality—is described.
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It could not last long upon these terms, and again it passed away, and still waits its second palingenesis.
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Some can push by the awful hour and live again, but for Anna Dickinson there could be, and was, no such palingenesis.
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