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Psychopomp
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Psy´cho`pomp
n.1.(Myth.) A leader or guide of souls .
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Noun1.psychopomp - a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp"
imaginary being, imaginary creature - a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction
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