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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Metempsychoseverb

    To translate from body to body. A word not received.

    Etymology: from metempsychosis.

    The souls of usurers after their death, Lucian affirms to be metempsychosed, or translated into the bodies of asses, and there remain certain years, for poor men to take their penny-worth out of their bones. Henry Peacham, on Blazoning.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Metempsychoseverb

    to translate or transfer, as the soul, from one body to another

  2. Etymology: [See Metempsychosis.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of metempsychose in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of metempsychose in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

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