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Definition of Reincarnation

1. Noun. Embodiment in a new form (especially the reappearance or a person in another form). "His reincarnation as a lion"

2. Noun. A second or new birth.

3. Noun. 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.

Definition of Reincarnation

1. Noun. A rebirth of a mental capacity, such as a soul, in a physical life form, such as a body ¹

2. Noun. The idea of such a rebirth, a specific belief or doctrine on how such a rebirth occurs ¹

3. Noun. A fresh embodiment ¹

4. Noun. A new, considerably improved, version ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reincarnation

1. incarnation [n -S] - See also: incarnation

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reincarnation

reinaugurates reinaugurating reinauguration reinaugurations reincarcerate reincarcerated reincarcerates reincarcerating reincarceration reincarcerations

reincarnatable reincarnate reincarnated reincarnates reincarnating reincarnation (current term) reincarnationism reincarnationist reincarnationists reincarnations

reincite reincited reincites reinciting reinclude reincluded reincludes reincluding reincorporate reincorporated

Literary usage of Reincarnation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dancing With Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, Himalayan Academy, Master Subramuniya (2003)
"reincarnation ceases when karma is resolved, God is realized and moksha attained. The Vedas say, “After death, the soul goes to ..."

2. Your Psychic Powers and how to Develop Them by Hereward Carrington (1920)
"Until this primary fact of spirit existence is proved, therefore, it is useless to argue concerning this question of reincarnation. 2. ..."

3. Life and Teachings of Abbas Effendi: A Study of the Religion of the Babis by Myron Henry Phelps (1912)
"reincarnation of matter is the process whereby matter is developed or evolved ... reincarnation of spirit is the process whereby spirit develops or evolves ..."

4. Some Answered Questions by ʻAbduʾl-Bahá (1918)
"LXXXI t reincarnation Question.—What is the truth of the question of ... Enow, then, that those who believe in reincarnation are of two classes: one class ..."

5. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead by James George Frazer (1913)
"... whether the belief Belief in in the reincarnation of the dead, which prevails universally Incarnation among the Central tribes, reappears among tribes ..."

6. The Ancient Wisdom: An Outline of Theosophical Teachings by Annie Wood Besant (1897)
"reincarnation. WE are now in a position to study one of the pivotal doctrines of the Ancient Wisdom, the doctrine of reincarnation. ..."

7. Future Life in the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science by Louis Lucien Baclé (1906)
"Extracts from the Sacred Books on reincarnation. ... reincarnation the Basis of Caste. — The Buddhist Doctrine of the Brotherhood of Man. ..."

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