palingenesis

noun5

1. •
   Rebirth; regeneration; (countable) an instance of this.

   • The elegant and fashionable female of London, would start back with horror and consternation—with loathing and disgust—could palingeneses of her ancient ancestors be presented to her. — 1836
2. •
   The regeneration of magma by the melting of metamorphic rocks.

   • This process of regeneration of magma has been called palingenesis by [Jakob] Sederholm, who ascribes to it many of the Archaean granite and granodiorite masses of Fennoscandia. — 1926
3. •
   (historical) Spiritual rebirth through the transmigration of the soul.
4. •
   The recurrence of historical events in the same order in an infinite series of cycles.
5. •
   (no longer used, historical) The apparent repetition, during the development of a single embryo, of changes that occurred previously in the evolution of its species.

   • [P]alingenesis is to be seen in the Ectoprocta, coenogenesis in the Entoprocta. — 1882