psychopomp

created by Pseudo_Intellectual
(person) by Pseudo_Intellectual (11.7 hr) (print)   (I like it!) 1 C! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 14:32:08
In mythology, a deity or being who escorted the souls of the dead to their just afterlife. In Greek mythology Hermes had this role. Contemporarily this word has been brought back into use to describe the workers at hospices.
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:20:43

Psy"cho*pomp (?), n. [Gr. ; the soul + to send: cf. F. psychopompe.] Myth.

A leader or guide of souls .

J. Fiske.

 

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