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reincarnation

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re·in·car·na·tion  (rn-kär-nshn)
n.
1. Rebirth of the soul in another body.
2. A reappearance or revitalization in another form; a new embodiment: "The brownstone had already endured one reincarnation: In the 1940's, it was converted into eight studio apartments" Ben Lloyd.

reincarnation
Noun
1. the belief that after death the soul is reborn in another body
2. an instance of rebirth in another body
3. reappearance in a new form of a principle or idea: he was the reincarnation of the old Republican Party isolationist
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Noun1.reincarnationreincarnation - embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form); "his reincarnation as a lion"
avatar, embodiment, incarnation - a new personification of a familiar idea; "the embodiment of hope"; "the incarnation of evil"; "the very avatar of cunning"
2.reincarnation - a second or new birth
nascence, nascency, nativity, birth - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
transmigration - the passing of a soul into another body after death
cycle of rebirth - (Hinduism) repeated rebirth in new forms
3.reincarnation - the Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions
theological doctrine - the doctrine of a religious group

reincarnation
noun rebirth, metempsychosis, transmigration of souls
Translations
Spanish reincarnation [riːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən] nreencarnación f
French reincarnation [riːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən] nréincarnation f
German reincarnation [riːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən] n (belief) → die Wiedergeburt f;
(person) → Reinkarnation f

Italian reincarnation [riːɪnkɑːˈneɪʃən] nreincarnazione f

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I do believe that it is the possession of this other-personality--but not so strong a one as mine--that has in some few others given rise to belief in personal reincarnation experiences.
I am one of those fortunate persons, you see, who have realized an actual reincarnation.
A study of family portraits is enough to convert a man to the doctrine of reincarnation.
 
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