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Meaning of PSYCHOPOMP

Pronunciation:  'sIkow`pâmp

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a conductor of souls to the afterworld; "Hermes was their psychopomp"
 
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 See Also: imaginary being, imaginary creature

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Psy"cho*pomp\, n. [Gr. ?; psychh` the soul + ? to
send: cf. F. psychopompe.] (Myth.)
A leader or guide of souls . --J. Fiske.
 

 

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