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psychopomp


(also psychopompos)
Definition of psychopomp

noun

  • (in Greek mythology) a guide of souls to the place of the dead.
  • the spiritual guide of a living person’s soul: [as modifier]:a psychopomp figure who stays by her and walks in her dreams

Origin:

from Greek psukhopompos, from psukhē 'soul' + pompos 'conductor'

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