Bible Dictionaries
Palingenesy
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.
(2):
(n.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; - distinguished from kenogenesis. Sometimes, in zoology, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Palingenesy'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/palingenesy.html. 1828.