me·tem·psy·cho·sis
ˌmetəmˌsīˈkōsəs,məˌtemsiˈkōsəs/
noun
the supposed transmigration at death of the soul of a human being or animal into a new body of the same or a different species.
"A mere beast of the chase flying from hunters, he was still in his metempsychosis no other than the same Monseigneur, the preparation of whose chocolate for whose lips had once occupied three strong men besides the cook in question." - Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities
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