ensoulment en · NOUN
Etymology
From ensoul + -ment.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or process of ensouling; the endowment of a developing human being with a soul.
Western Christians supplemented scientific authority with the consideration that it was not appropriate for ensoulment to accompany the original sin that was inevitably part of conception […].
2024, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Lower Than the Angels, Penguin, published 2025, page 410:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ensoulments | Number=Plur | lexicographic |