palingenesis

  1. Noun.  (biology) The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that occurred previously in the evolution of its species.
  2. Noun.  (context, Christian) Spiritual rebirth through the transmigration of the soul in Christian baptism.

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