metempsychosis Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun after death the soul begins a new cycle of existence in another human body
    rebirth.

WordNet

Me*temp`sy*cho"sis noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. beyond, over + to animate; in + soul. See Psychology.
Definitions
  1. The passage of the soul, as an immortal essence, at the death of the animal body it had inhabited, into another living body, whether of a brute or a human being; transmigration of souls. Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913