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PSYCHOPOMP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does psychopomp mean?
• PSYCHOPOMP (noun)
The noun PSYCHOPOMP has 1 sense:
1. a conductor of souls to the afterworld
Familiarity information: PSYCHOPOMP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A conductor of souls to the afterworld
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
Hermes was their psychopomp
Hypernyms ("psychopomp" is a kind of...):
imaginary being; imaginary creature (a creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction)
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