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afterlife
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af·ter·life  (ftr-lf)
n.
1. A life or existence believed to follow death.
2. The part of one's life that follows a particular event.

afterlife [ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf]
n
life after death or at a later time in a person's lifetime
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.afterlife - life after deathafterlife - life after death                    
life-time, lifespan, lifetime, life - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
kingdom come - the next world; "he nearly blew us to kingdom come"
immortality - perpetual life after death

afterlife
noun life after death, heaven, paradise, nirvana (Buddhism, Hinduism), bliss, immortality, next world, Zion (Christianity), hereafter, Valhalla (Norse myth), Happy Valley, happy hunting ground (Native American legend), life to come, everlasting life, life everlasting, abode of God, Elysium or Elysian fields (Greek myth) The film is about proving the existence of an afterlife.
Translations
afterlife [ˈɑːftəlaɪf] Nvida f de ultratumba
afterlife [ˈɑːftərlaɪf] nvie f après la mort
afterlife [ˈɑːftəˌlaɪf] nvita dell'al di là


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In her Introduction, Whittingham postulates a six-period division of Tolkien's creative work on this material, but outside of the chapter on death and immortality she makes little use of it.
Ceremonial objects such as incense burners and lamps connected private contemplation with public ritual, while bells, cannon and statues presented faith, death and immortality as interchangeable symbols".
In Western traditions, by far the most popular way to think about death and immortality is shaped by the ancient and fundamental distinction between the physical body and the spiritual soul.
 
 
 
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